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Feb 27 , 2021

EU, Germany Support Electoral Board with 22 Vehicles

The European Union (EU) and Germany handed over 22 vehicles to the National Electoral Board of Ethiopia last week with the aim of strengthening the institution's capacity. The vehicles, 10 pickup trucks and 12 hardtops, come at a total cost of 772,000 euros, which includes periodic maintenance a...

Feb 13 , 2021

Board Maps out Polling Stations

The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) disclosed a directory of the 49,407 designated polling stations across all regions of the country with the exception of Tigray Regional State. The Board also disclosed that it has begun distributing election materials and equipment to the polling stations last week. This is expected to be finalised in three rounds. Nearly two-thirds of the stations are located in Amhara and Oromia regional states, while 8,281 stations are in the Southern Nations, Nationalities & People's Regional State. Somali Regional State will have over 4,000 polling sta...


Dec 26 , 2020

Election Board Excludes Tigray State in Schedule

The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE), which proposed June 5, 2021, as the sixth national election's polling date, has left Tigray Regional State out of the schedule. During the announcement of the new schedule last week, the Board disclosed that it plans to open 45,000 polling stations across the country between December 25 and January 24. The training of poll workers is expected to take place between February 1 and February 28, while voter registration is planned to occur from the end of March to April 9. Candidate registration will be held during the final two weeks of February...


Mar 14 , 2020

Electoral Board Reveals Election Map

The National Election Board of Ethiopia unveiled a map showing where the polling stations will be located for the upcoming general election to be held on August 29, 2020. It is the first time such a map has been drawn in Ethiopian election history. The board has not redrawn the election districts but rather organised the dispersed data into a map to show to citizens where polling stations will be situated, according to Birtukan Mideksa, chairperson of the Board. According to the map, Tigray has 38 constituencies, while Afar and Amhara have 32 and 138, respectively. Somali has 72 constitu...

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Jan 13 , 2020

The Bet on Democracy

Two former judges, Birtukan Mideksa (left), a prominent activist and politician, and Meaza Ashenafi, president of the Supreme Court, stood before parliament last Thursday, November 22, 2018. Birtukan...

Jan 13 , 2020

Electoral Board Gets New Members

The National Electoral Board has received its first board of directors since its size was trimmed to five. Last week, parliament approved the appointments of Bizuwork Ketete, Wubishet...


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