Ethiopia's ruling EPRDF party ended his campaign before Sunday's election with a huge rally in the capital Addis Ababa.The opposition says that election already is settled on advance.
The ruling EPRDF party ended his campaign Thursday with a rally in the capital Addis Ababa where they played out scenes from the time the party was guerrilla fighters who fought against the ruling Communist Party.
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EPRDF has ruled Ethiopia since the guerrilla movement party rooted in, took power in 1991.
And they threw EPRDF - or the Ethiopian peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front is the party's full name - the Communist Derg regime that had been behind a brutal one-party rule.
On paper, an Ethiopia a democracy and EPRDF has won clear victories in all elections.
At the last selected Tues. 2010 the party won all but one of the 547 representatives in parliament.
The activity of the largest market in Africa, Mercato in Addis Ababa, testify the economic growth Ethiopia is experiencing.
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Strong economic growth
The regime shows that Ethiopia has had an economic growth of over ten percent in each of the past five years and is one of the great success stories in Africa.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn took power after predecessor Meles Zenawi died in 2012.
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- There have been improvements and people have seen it, said government spokesman Redwan Hussein told AFP.
From the party's point of view it's uncertainty that this time set with another man at the helm than the longtime leader Meles Zenawi.
Zenawi was guerrilla manager who became prime minister and reigned forward to he died abruptly in 2012. He zamenen ot the former water the engineer Haile Mariam Desalegn.
After three years of Desalegn as prime minister, the party quite confident of victory Sunday.
- We'll look at the numbers, but I do not think we're going to lose many seats, says Redwan Hussein.
The ruling EPRDF party are based in Tigray province north of Ethiopia and accused of giving more money to this part of the country.In Tigray province capital Mekele is economic prosperity visible in the street scene.
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Almost 90 million inhabitants
36.8 million of Ethiopia's almost 90 million inhabitants has registered themselves as voters.
Sets 58 parties electoral lists, but human rights groups and the opposition accuses the regime of ruthless repression of the political opponents and the press.
In Bahir Dar and other Ethiopian cities is tuk-tuk-taxis a popular mean of locomotion for the emerging Ethiopian middle class.
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At least 19 journalists and bloggers are imprisoned, many of them charged with terrorism-related offenses.
The national electoral commission, which monitors elections, has sent around 40,000 election observers.
Unlike the last election is not foreign election observers from EU invited this time.
Denied party leader to ask
Also opposition politicians are imprisoned and, according to Amnesty International often comes reports that dissidents are subjected to violence and torture.
Over 40 percent of the population in Ethiopia is - like these young girls in Wukro Churkos - under 15 years.
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- Our people are being detained and harassed by EPRDF members and uniformed police.We have repeatedly asked to hold demonstrations and election meetings, but has been refused each time, says party activist Solomon Tessama from opposition party Blue Party.
Yet Blue party a certain hope of winning more seats this time than the one that the opposition did five years ago.
- People's anger grows each time.With strong resistance from the people and demands for change we can win in any of the cities, says Blue-party leader, Yilekal Getin.
Even getting however Getin chance to get a seat in the National Assembly;he refused to ask the Election Commission. Source: NRK
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