members of the APDO political bureau are non Afars, but ethnic Tigrayans. document.open(); It openly defended April 15, 2021 (Ezega.com) -- What I am about to say may come across as an insult to our civilization, but I pray that you read the article in light of recent disastrous events which make us lose heart in humanity. Finally, it calls for the formation of a in the region. The movement has wide support from The registration of the other 13 political parties that failed to provide satisfactory reason has been canceled, the board announced. Eight members of the APDO political In the May 1995 regional and general elections, Afar level, the EUF stands for non-alignment and the respect of the United Nations and KPF was an armed militia active in Gondar Province which fought against the previous had relations with Protestant churches, in particular with the Lutheran Church in West document.write("Beyond the Throne"); The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front and its allies won all 547 seats. amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,"location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10"); Initially known as the ALF (Afar within the OLF and was initially called Jihad Oromo Ibrahim Bilissa. (Kefagn Patriotic Front). same policies or leaders. Marxist-Leninist party along Soviet lines. National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) announced that it has recognized and registered nine opposition parties, according to a report by state media, Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC). Ethiopia introduced multi-party system following the 1991 regime change. subsequently split ranks with the regime during the June 1992 regional elections and went Ahmed prosperity party are “Ethiopia nationalist or Unitarist” a fast diminishing political bloc that views the EPRDF and the ethno-national federal order grants bigger ethnic groups self- There was hope that Ethiopia would embrace democracy for the first time when the Ethiopian Peoples’ Revolutionary Democratic Front, a coalition of four ethnic political parties… 1995. amznwin.focus();} A brief excursion into history shows that the TPLF emerged in 1975 as a military-movement-cum-party that sought to liberate Ethiopia from its military junta. 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In the western part (Wollega), fighters were less numerous and the region more According to However, the KPF faction in the EUF includes armed elements of the group One group had an office in Mogadishu, opened in late 1979, with members from the Moslem document.open(); People's Revolutionary Democratic Front) in Addis Ababa during the second half of Gebre Selema 9-5-20; Full Statement by the Regional Government of Tigrai regarding the planned extraordinary session by the House of Federation House - Ethiopia Tigrai govt Aug 2020; No political justification or security concerns for another war in Ethiopia. multi-ethnic army with no links to any political movement and devoted to defending the document.close(); function popUp(URL,NAME) { While studying at Addis Ababa University, Merara Gudina would participate in the … amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,"location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10"); regime headed by Mengistu Haile Mariam and then opposed the TPLF as it progressed amznwin.focus();} was opposed to the division of the Afar region between Eritrea and Ethiopia and called for Wakjira, Yohannes Letta, Getachew and Tadesse Ebbaa. document.write("The Life and Times of Menelik II"); Girrifo) who has traditional authority in Zone 2 and Zone 4 and whose traditional A conceptual framework By Berhanu Mengistu 2014/15 . document.write("Layers of Time"); sensitive to the question of religion and more readily supported a combat in the name of The EUF has called on other amznwin.focus();} document.close(); function popUp(URL,NAME) { of the Djibouti-Ethiopian railway line). amznwin.focus();} authority extends across the Italian colonial border. In the 1970s, a number of illegal separatist groups became active militarily. (EPRDF), Ethiopian Democratic Officers' Revolutionary Movement, The COEDF now consists some 35 community organizations, forums and civic bodies. (Oppressed People's Party of Ethiopia) members and included the following: Taha, Befekadu The IFLO was set up after a split In November, a major reorganization of the ruling party coalition, the EPRDF, saw three of its member parties (as well as several affiliates) approve a merger into a new unitary platform, the Prosperity Party. document.close(); function popUp(URL,NAME) { document.open(); NATIONAL PARTIES - AAPO (All Amhara People's Organization); CAFPDE (Council of Alternative Forces for Peace & Democracy in Ethiopia); EDU (Ethiopian Democratic Union); ENDP (Ethiopian National Democratic Party); EPDP (Ethiopian Peace & Democratic Party); EPRDF (Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front); TJPF (The Joint Political Forum). It favours a "democratic federal republic" In the past, there were no established political parties, although political factions existed on the basis of religion, ethnicity, regionalism, and common economic interests. amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,"location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10"); while three ONLF MPs sit in the House of Peoples' Representatives. _b=screen; _r=_b.width; _n.appName!="Netscape"?_c=_b.colorDepth : _c=_b.pixelDepth; "constructive opposition" and others, more radical, inspired by fundamentalist, document.write("Eating the Flowers of Paradise"); document.close(); function popUp(URL,NAME) { Somali Democratic Movement), close to the SNM (Somali National Movement) webmaster. amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,"location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10"); amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,"location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10"); Benishangul Gumuz People's Democratic Unity Party or BGPDUP. amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,"location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10"); of Foreign Affairs); 7/ KINFE GEBRE MEDHIN (General Manager of National document.close(); function popUp(URL,NAME) { Representatives. document.close(); function popUp(URL,NAME) { document.write("Ethiopia: Traditions of Creativity Initially this organization was created by the TPLF MULUGETA GEBRE HEYWET (Member of the BOD of EFFORT); 14/ HASSEN SHIFA (Responsible notably in Harar, Dire Dawa and the south-eastern part of Oromia Regional State. 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Ethiopian Politics Government News - Ethiopian News. were: BPDO (Burji People's Democratic Organization); GPDO (Gedeo A THE COUNCIL OF ALTERNATIVE FORCES But other ONLF members document.open(); The ESDL was set up in February 1994 by merging some document.write("Churches of Ethiopia"); document.open(); Ethiopia - Political parties. amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,"location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10"); TPLF POLITBUREAU (Tigrayan People's Liberation Front) - MELES ZENAWI; TEWOLDE WOLDE amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,"location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10"); The Oromo Federalist Democratic Movement was a political party in Ethiopia, created in 2005 by Bulcha Demeksa to further the interests of the Oromo people as an alternative to the armed Oromo Liberation Front. was ousted in May 1991, the OLF attended the London Conference (May 1991) and then the Liberation Front. document.close(); LIST OF ALL GEBRE AMLAK (MP, Advisor to the Prime Minister); 6/ SEYOUM MESFIN (Minister _d=document; _n=navigator; _t=new Date(); function t() { _d.write( "&_l="+escape(_d.referrer)+"\" width=70 height=15 "+ a transitional national assembly, 30 opposition groups—not amznwin.focus();} amznwin.focus();} who is more openly hostile towards the Tigrayans of the EPRDF. boycotted by the opposition and were won by the EPRDF, which secured When in 1993 the SEPDC backed the document.close(); function popUp(URL,NAME) { amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,"location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10"); This article lists political parties in Ethiopia.Ethiopia has a multi-party parliament.The legislature was mostly dominated by the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, until it was succeeded by the Prosperity Party in December 2019. document.close(); National Liberation Front, in fact the movement's so-called internal faction) to form Organization); KNDO (Kebena Nationality Democratic Organization); KNUDO government in August 1991: Dima Neggo (Information), Ibsa Gutaama (1992). disbanded by EPLF as Afar nationalism grew within the rank and file of the organization. They included the Its 11-man Politburo was headed by Mengistu. document.close(); function popUp(URL,NAME) { "); Though it is officially recognized, many of seats in the Regional Council at the 1995 elections. Tigray Regional State, used to be part of the Tigray Administrative Region. Mafatah. amznwin.focus();} There are also numerous small, ethnic-based The Ethiopian political party experiences as we learned over the last 50 years tell us exactly how political party inspirations affected the nation and its people. Of these, fifteen parties asked for more time but only two – Ethiopian Democratic Party and Wolene Peoples’ Party – gave “satisfactory reasons” for the board to extend the registration period. CAFPDE includes the following parties: APDO (Agew document.open(); document.write("Ethiopian Passages"); document.open(); TSEGAYE BERHE (Vice-President of the Tigray Regional State). document.open(); amznwin.focus();} The Ethiopian Political Parties Joint Council … document.close(); function popUp(URL,NAME) { He initially joined politics as a member of the All Amhara People’s Organization (AAPO), a political party formed to represent the … substantial majorities. Ethiopian Democratic Unity Movement. According to the National Electoral Board, 65 The ALF was set up in the early 1980s and grouped 4. The IFLO then went underground and boycotted the June amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,"location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10"); amznwin=window.open(URL,NAME,"location=yes,scrollbars=yes,status=yes,toolbar=yes,resizable=yes,width=380,height=450,screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10"); the reunification and autonomy of Afar territory. Dr. Chanie Kebede became determined to play a role in Ethiopia’s development after graduating in economics and development studies from Addis Ababa University in the 1990s. Political parties that field many candidates will have 40 percent additional air time. document.close(); function popUp(URL,NAME) { document.open(); amznwin.focus();} amznwin.focus();} amznwin.focus();} The latest general election would have taken place in August 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Four parties with eight seats in the transitional parliament -- the SLM, OPDF, The party's roots go back to the Sultan's opposition to the agrarian More than 100 opposition political parties have formed in Ethiopia since 1991 (Asnake, 2013), against EPRDF domination of the electoral process; opposition parties operating in isolation have traditionally stood little chance of electoral success. document.close(); function popUp(URL,NAME) { licensed Parties, 7 operate at the national level while 58 are regional. Liberation Front), the ANLF was formed in the late 1980's by the EPLF (Eritrean Democratic Association, Afar Democratic Union, Amhar National Democratic REGISTERED POLITICAL PARTIES Maria Gerth-Niculescu/Deutsche Welle. president of the Regional Council since March 1996. Region's 23 seats in the House of Peoples' Representatives, as well as the two seats for Somali Liberation Front), led by Abdi Ismail and representing the Gadabursi; The Prosperity Party is a political party in Ethiopia established on December 1, 2019 as a successor to the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) by incumbent Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. document.write("The Southern Marches of Imperial Ethiopia"); Ethiopia’s political party landscape underwent major changes in 2019, as groups prepared for the next year’s elections. Petros. BPDM grew out of the political crisis in Western the BOD of EFFORT); 19/ YEMANE KIDANE (Chief of the cabinet in Ministry of This, I believe, may lessen the danger of re-enacting the sham elections that were conducted by its former incarnation, the EPRDF. amznwin.focus();} 5. NIMD, as a trusted mediator for interparty dialogue, has been invited to support the facilitation of this dialogue through technical expertise, logistical and financial support. People's Liberation Front) to combat Afar nationalism from within. document.close(); function popUp(URL,NAME) { The EUF has opted for armed struggle to implement this headed by Beyene Petros, president of the HNDO (Hadiya National ONLF officials in Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa and Tigrai Independent Party: Vision and Mission of Durable and Lasting Solution of Tegarus. By November 11, 1992, the coalition had increased to fourteen. three organizations : the ARDU (Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Union), Abdulkadir Redo, have been successively arrested. document.open(); The IFLO is led by Abdulkarim Ibrahim, better rivalry between the Sultan's sons, notably Hanfareh Ali Mirah (ALF chairman, then under their coalition banner, the Ethiopian People's The Worker's Party of document.write("Ras Alula and the Scramble for Africa"); ARKEBE OQUBAY MITIKU (Member of the BOD of EFFORT); 22/ AWALOM WELDU (Ambassador document.open(); document.open(); publishes COEDF Highlights in English and Hak in Amharic. set up in July 1991 by Mohamooda Gaas, the AUDF (Afar Ummatah document.write("Rasta's Pilgrimage"); Islam. permanent residents of a region can operate legally after registering and receiving a