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Spotlight | Ethiopia
Is a general election delay inevitable?

Having been awarded the Nobel peace prize on 11 October for his efforts to stabilise the security situation in the Horn of Africa, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali is now contending with another major challenge: organising a general election, provisionally [...]

Published on 18/10/2019 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Abiy Ahmed Ali
Birtukan Mideksa
EPRDF
European Center for Electoral Support
Gadisa Hogenesaa Oromo
Lemma Megersa
Meles Zenawi
National Electoral Board of Ethiopia
Oromo Democratic Party
Prosperity Party
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TPLF
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Horn of Africa
IGAD struggles to respond to devastating Horn of Africa drought

Delegates from member countries of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) have met in Kenya to discuss the worsening drought in the region. Governments are calling for more funding, while donors admit that attempts so far to resolve the situation have failed.

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Abiy's Islamic Council peace deal threatened by internal tensions

Reconciled in 2019 by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, several Muslim religious leaders are again at daggers drawn over control of the Islamic Affairs Supreme Council.

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In Focus | Ethiopia
Religion and politics prove a heady mix for Abiy

Just two years after the very devout prime minister set up the Ethiopian Council of Gospel Believers' Churches, the Protestant grouping is already split between Abiy Ahmed's supporters and priests who are worried that the government is instrumentalising their faith.

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Spotlight | Ethiopia
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Horn of Africa
IGAD struggles to respond to devastating Horn of Africa drought

Ethiopia
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In Focus | Ethiopia
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Ethiopia, Ghana
Former Tigrayan masterspy lands in Accra

Ethiopia
Electoral board under increasing strain from regional tensions

Inner circles | Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed Ali's parallel government

Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia
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Spotlight | Ethiopia
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Ethiopia
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Ethiopia
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Ethiopia
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Ethiopia, European Union
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