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Ethiopia’s Legitimate Government, Worrisome Demography

Published On  July 18,  2010; Addis-Fortune,Volume 11, Number 533 The Failed Sate Index, annually conducted by the US-based Fund for…

How Long is ‘Too Long’? Meet 10 Long-serving Western Leaders

In western media reporting of EPRDF’s election win, three points were common. The margin of win, the length of EPRDF…

‘Election-win-EPRDF-style’ in 8 Liberal Countries

“Can you think of any government that purports to be a multi-party democracy, but manages to win all but two…

‘Addis Neger’: when deceit becomes the norm

It took International Press Institute (IPI) only two days after the polling to make a press statement alleging "Independent Media…

Media Darling: Human Rights Watch’s 10 flagrant blunders

Several western newscasts and blogs misleadingly blended sound bites from the EU Observers Preliminary Report with the Human Rights Watch…

Eleven Things Nobody is Telling You: Comparing the Two Elections

It's been a few days since EPRDF's massive win in the 2010 has become evident and analysts are struggling to…

Election Results by Daniel

According to my contacts all over the country, EPRDF appears to have won the fourth National and Regional election held…

Poll: Forecasting the Election in Addis Ababa

Last week, the Amharic weekly Addisadmass asked three parties to predict the election results of Addis Ababa. Hailemariam Desalegn of…

The Blundering State Dept Report(Betting on Birtukan Mideksa–III)

Arguably, the USDS report proved its clout, albeit, in a baffling manner. It would be erroneous to relegate it ‘as…

UDJ’s Media Circus (Betting on Birtukan Mideksa – II)

Birtukan Mideksa’s party, UDJ (aka ANDINET), made headlines, when its leaders surprised everyone by turning up at Kaliti prison gate,…

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