Jun 6 , 2026
For a political veteran as controversial as Getachew Reda, last week's national elections were never merely a contest over which name on the ballot commanded the larger support. It was also a gauge of public exhaustion with disorder, fear and the political status quo. Watching voters queue outside polling stations on Monday, June 1, 2026, he tol...
Jun 7 , 2026
The Ethiopian Women Lawyers Association (EWLA) says the 7th National and Regional Elections held on June 1, 2026 were la...
Before sunrise in Addis Abeba's Lemi Kura District, charcoal braziers glowed beside Polling Sub-Station 120, their thin...
Jun 3 , 2026
Millions cast ballots, while security concerns prevented elections from being conducted in 38 constituencies in the Tigr...
Jun 2 , 2026
The national electoral board has dismissed two employees for procedural violations while counting continues in the Amhara, Somali, Gambella and Sidama regional states as well as Addis Abeba. The di...
Melatewerk Hailu, chief of the national electoral board, disclosed an election day defined by three competing realities of high turnout, security-related disruption, and irregularities serious enough...
Jun 1 , 2026
By the time the last light faded over Addis Abeba, the pressure at some polling stations had begun to ease. At Gerji Roba polling station in Woreda 13, the number of voters waiting in queues had de...
The order came as dusk settled over most polling stations, turning what should have been the close of polling into a test of endurance for voters, officials and the National Election Board of Ethiopia...
Kassaw Amsalu (MD) stood in the dust outside the Yeka Health Centre, on Fikremariam Abatechan St., not far from the British Embassy, checking his watch as the morning heat began to bake the pavement....
Inside the gleaming and high-ceilinged ballroom of the Skylight Hotel, on Africa Avenue (Bole Road), a delayed press conference became a window into the uneasy electral process today, June 1, 2026. ...
The charcoal braziers were lit before the sun cleared the volcanic ridges surrounding Addis Abeba, sending a thin blue smoke over the traditional coffee ceremony at Polling Sub-Station 120. By 4:00am...
By the time the first light settled over Addis Abeba's high-altitude districts today, June 1, 2026, the verdict on election-day machinery was already forming in the cold. At 5:00am, hundreds of vot...
Millions of Ethiopians began lining up before dawn on today, June 1, 2026, to cast ballots in a federal and regional elections whose first test was not political rhetoric but administrative execution...
May 31 , 2026
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Kassahun Follo's plan to keep an eye on the national polls set for Monday, June 1, 2026, ended before the vote began. The Confederation of Ethiopian Trade Unions (CETU), which he leads as the count...
May 10 , 2026
May 7 , 2026
Highest concentration of candidates per constituency...
May 2 , 2026
The number of candidates registered to run in South Ethiopia Regional State, accounting for 15pc of all candidates registered for the upcoming national elections, represents the highest concentration...
Apr 24 , 2026
More than 50.5 million citizens have registered to vote in the national elections scheduled for June, marking a 32.1pc increase from the previous polls and setting a new record for voter turnout at th...
Apr 16 , 2026
Ethiopia's political parties present a complex picture of representation, where percentages and scale tell different stories. The Wolene People's Democratic Party achieves perfect parity with 50pc wom...
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