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Egypt’s Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi Wins Second Term

March 30, 2018TesfaNewsLeave a Comment

BY TESFANEWS * Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has won a second term with over 92 percent of the vote, state media MENA reported on Friday. The incumbent had only one challenger, Moussa Mustafa Moussa, who netted just only 3.1% in the three-day vote that started on March 26th.

Susan Rice Laughed at EPRDF’s 100% Win

July 25, 2015February 12, 2017TesfaNews2 Comments

By C-Span, Good afternoon, everybody. I brought a special guest to discuss with you the President’s upcoming trip to Africa. Susan Rice is the President’s National Security Advisor. She has her own extensive personal experience in dealing with policy in Africa, and she obviously will be accompanying the President on that trip…

Obama Should Stay Away From Ethiopia

July 9, 2015TesfaNews24 Comments

By Jeffery Smith and Mohammed Ademo (for Foreign Policy), LATER this month, President Barack Obama will become the first sitting U.S. president to ever visit Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most populous country, and a nation viewed by many as a bastion of stability in a region otherwise beset with civil strife. The trip — which will also […]

Ethiopia: Most Hated, Most Voted!

June 4, 2015June 4, 2015TesfaNews32 Comments

By Habtamu Seyoum, ACCORDING to late may 24 news of the shoddy, government affiliated website, Aiga forum, the Ethiopian people revolutionary democratic front had won 100% of the votes. It looks like Election 2015 is not different from its predecessors; the most hated party in the whole nation proclaimed as it is the sole winner […]

What Happened to the Flawed Ethiopian Election

May 31, 2015May 31, 2015TesfaNews56 Comments

By TesfaNews, AFTER witnessing that the May 24 elections in Ethiopia has become a subject of worldwide ridicule, the election board was told on Thursday to suspend declaring the results. By then the board had already reported results from 80 percent of the votes that all goes miraculously to the ruling EPRDF, leaving the opposition empty-handed. A week […]

Empty Boxes: The West and Ethiopia’s Elections

May 30, 2015July 31, 2020TesfaNews42 Comments

By Fikrejesus Amahazion (PhD), TO NO one’s surprise, Ethiopia’s ruling party, the Ethiopian People’s Ruling Democratic Front (EPRDF), swept the country’s recent national elections. In the last election, the ruling party collected 99.6 percent of the parliamentary seats, while during these elections it has so far won all of the 442 declared seats (with little […]