Ethiopia PM rebuffs election critics

27 May, 2010

ADDIS ABABA (AP) – Ethiopia's newly re-elected prime minister sharply rebuffed U.S. and European Union criticism of the weekend election, as opposition leaders called Wednesday for a rerun. more >>

Ethiopian opposition rejects poll result

26 May, 2010

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – Ethiopian opposition groups on Wednesday rejected results of parliamentary elections which gave long-time ruler Meles Zenawi a landslide win, and demanded fresh polls. more >>

Ethiopian Prime Minister Declares Victory in Election

25 May, 2010

(Bloomberg) -- Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said his Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front won this week’s elections, as tens of thousands of supporters protested against criticism of the vote by rights activists. more >>

Ethiopia's ruling party celebrates victory

25 May, 2010

ADDIS ABABA (AP) – Ethiopia's ruling party called a rally in the capital Tuesday to celebrate its victory in national elections, but a U.S. rights group claimed the weekend ballot was corrupted by irregularities. more >>

Ethiopian ruling party leads across country: partial results

24 May, 2010

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's party leads the vote count across the country following weekend elections, officials said Monday, but claims mounted that the ballot had been fixed. more >>

Ethiopia polls marred by fraud allegations

24 May, 2010

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – Ethiopia's opposition accused Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's ruling coalition of rigging the country's election on Sunday, though no major violence was reported in sub-Saharan Africa's second most populous country. more >>

Ethiopia's Meles says will win poll, rejects gripes

23 May, 2010

ADWA, Ethiopia (Reuters) - Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said he expects to be returned to power in national elections Sunday and rejected accusations that the first vote since a violent 2005 poll would be a fraud. more >>

Ethiopia's Meles set for easy re-election

23 May, 2010

ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – Ethiopians voted in legislative elections Sunday as Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, a key Western ally, appeared set to extend his 19-year rule over sub-Saharan Africa's second most populous nation. more >>

Ethiopia opposition bloc claims voter intimidation

23 May, 2010

ADDIS ABABA (AP) – Ethiopia's largest opposition bloc said it has evidence of voter intimidation and vote-rigging that may lead members to contest the results of Sunday's national election in Africa's third-most populous country. more >>

Ethiopia votes in crunch election

23 May, 2010

BBCNews - Ethiopians are voting in the first election since a 2005 poll was marred by protests that led to the deaths of 200 people. more >>

Ethiopia Will Keep Opposition Leader in Prison Beyond Elections

13 May, 2010

(Bloomberg) -- Ethiopia’s government will ignore foreign and domestic pressure to free opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa from prison and keep her incarcerated beyond this month’s elections, Communications Minister Bereket Simon said. more >>

Replica of "Lucy" unveiled in Ethiopia Pavilion at Shanghai Expo

13 May, 2010

SHANGHAI (Xinhua) -- The only replica of "Lucy," the celebrated 40-percent-complete skeletal remains of a female hominid who lived 3.2 million years ago in East Africa was unveiled at the Ethiopia Pavilion in the Africa Joint Pavilion on Thursday morning. more >>

Britain's David Cameron becomes PM

12 May, 2010

LONDON (AP) – David Cameron, the youthful leader who modernized the party of right-wing icon Margaret Thatcher, became prime minister Tuesday after the resignation of Gordon Brown — capping a gripping election saga that returns the Tories to government after 13 years of Labour Party rule. more >>

Ethiopia and Malawi invited to G20 summit in Toronto next month

09 May, 2010

CBC - Prime Minister Stephen Harper has announced that Canada has extended invitations to the leaders of Ethiopia, Malawi, the Netherlands, Spain and Vietnam to attend the G20 summit in Toronto next month. more >>

Ethiopia govt, opposition exchange murder accusations

08 May, 2010

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's ruling party accused the opposition on Friday of killing one of its candidates ahead of this month's national election, in an allegation denied by the main opposition alliance. more >>

Tigray, a 'Battleground State' in Ethiopian Elections

05 May, 2010

VOANews - Ethiopia's sparsely-populated Tigray region is shaping up as the focal point for the May 23rd elections for parliament. more >>

Ethiopia Accusation Dismissed as ‘Ton of Mourning’

05 May, 2010

VOANews - Eritrea’s information minister says Ethiopia’s latest accusations that Asmara is arming insurgents to disrupt this month’s general elections is a diversionary tactic aimed at controlling Ethiopian voters ahead of the poll. more >>

Two Ethiopian state TV journalists under arrest

02 May, 2010

CPJ - New York, In light of the Ethiopian government’s longstanding practice of jailing journalists on trumped-up criminal charges, the Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned about the detentions last week of two government TV journalists on allegations of misusing state property. more >>