Ethıopıa Electıons

epa02172505 Prof. Merga Bekana, chairman of National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) looks on during a press conference to announce provisional result in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 25 May 2010. According to a new figure released by NEBE, the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) led by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi won 93 per cent of the seats. Earlier the same day, thousands of EPRDF supporters gathered in capital to celebrate the coalition's landslide victoryto protest against international criticism that the elections have been 'unfair'. On 24 May the Naitional Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) announced preliminary results in which EPRDF won a landslide victory.  EPA/PHILIPP HEDEMANN