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		Recalling that Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front had gained about 98.6 percent of seats in the federal assembly, the report says that the ballot was carried out "calmly but in relative indifference".
		Meles, head of the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPDRF), served as president in a four-year transitional government that handed power over to parliament on Tuesday.
		OVERVIEW: The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front's (EPRDF) overwhelming victory in the elections in May should boost its confidence and ability to push ahead with policy reforms.
	www.sas.upenn.edu /African_Studies/Newsletters/HB7895_ETH.html

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles
		Major political parties: The government is run by the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), an alliance between four parties – the Tigrayan Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF), Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM), Oromo Peoples Democratic Organisation (OPDO) and Southern Ethiopian Peoples Democratic Movement (SEPDM).
		Elections in 1995 and 2000 gave the component parties of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) an overwhelming majority of seats in the national parliament.
		The regional governments were similarly dominated by the EPRDF affiliated parties (ie the Tigray Peoples' Liberation Front (TPLF) in Tigray region, the Amhara National Democratic Movement (ANDM) in Amhara region, the Oromo People's Democratic Organisation (OPDO) in Oromia and the Southern Ethiopia People's Democratic Front (SEPDF) in Southern Nations).
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1022070787685 (1883 words)

	Reflections On An Aspect Of The Boundary Commission
		The Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission (the “Commission”) is an arbitration panel created following agreement between the regime of the Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front (“EPLF”) in Eritrea and the regime of the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (“EPRDF”) in Ethiopia in Algiers in December 2000.
		The fact that the people in the coastal region converted to Islam, or the highland inhabitants continued to ascribe to a Coptic brand of Christianity, has evidently created difficulty for continued effective control of the coastal region by Ethiopian kings who often were Coptic.
		Some parts of Bada are plainly Ethiopian and some parts are plainly Eritrean.” Such a short answer, in the face of a barrage of counter-arguments by the EPLE, resulted in awards favorable to EPLF, and is an example of the kind of weak and clumsy legal defense that characterizes the Ethiopian side.
	www.ethiopians.com /Views/Efrem_YB_BorderRuling.htm (9951 words)

	Elections in Ethiopia
		The TPLF, OPDO, SEPDF and the Ethiopian People's Democratic Movement are member of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front.
		The country is a federal parliamentary republic where despite democratic structures there is no fair chance for the opposition.
		The Yehizbtewekayoch Mekir Bet (Council of People's Representatives) has 527 members, elected for a five year term in single seat constituenciese.
	www.electionworld.org /ethiopia.htm (9951 words)

	Institute of Development and Education for Africa (IDEA)
		Following the schism within the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF), the EPRDF is a much more diminished party than its earlier stature when it began as a coalition of the TPLF, the Ethiopian Peoples Democratic Movement (EPDM, later renamed Amhara National Party) and the Oromo Peoples Democratic Organization (OPDO).
		The Ethiopian opposition forces including the United Ethiopian Democratic Forces (UEDF) and CUD should exhibit great awareness of domestic, regional, and global politics and must be ready to shoulder a huge historical task in mobilizing and organizing the Ethiopian people.
		Ever since the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Party (EPRDF) assumed power in 1991, Ethiopians have encountered mirage politics that could literally blur vision, but at close scrutiny it is in many ways a deceptive Machiavellian ploy.
	www.africanidea.org /mirage.html (9951 words)

	The Status of Human Rights Organizations in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Ethiopia
		In May 1991, rebels led by the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) overthrew the Mengistu regime.
		The Committee estimates that nearly 54,000 people were killed in Addis Ababa during the period of the Red Terror campaign, and is working to erect a monument or museum to commemorate the victims of the Terror.
		According to A-Bu-Gi-Da's President, the organization's aim is to help individuals, businesses and the government create a democratic climate, through the realisation that an organisation can perform best if it is governed by a democratic doctrine practiced by a democratic leader.
	www1.umn.edu /humanrts/africa/ethiopia.htm (1973 words)

	News and Letters July 2000 Journal of Marxist-Humanism
		A more serious liberation movement was established by 1970 in Eritrea, the Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front (EPLF), which was ideologically inspired by Chairman Mao and had a national democratic program with a line of struggle independent from the influence of the Soviet Union, China and the USA.
		British rule from 1941 to 1952 and Ethiopian colonization from 1952 onward instigated strong nationalist feelings within the Eritrean people, which lay the ground for the national liberation struggle in 1961 under the leadership of the Eritrean Liberation Forces (ELF).
		The overthrow of the Ethiopian regime of Haile Selassie in 1974 following the famine brought to the forefront the pro-Stalinist Workers Party of Ethiopia under the leadership of Mengistu.
	www.newsandletters.org /Issues/2000/July/7.00_horn.htm (852 words)

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		MEKELLE, Ethiopia, Jan 23, 2005 (ENA) — The Ruling party, the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) and two opposition parties held a debate here on Sunday.
		EPRDF and All Ethiopian Unity Party (AEUP), the Ethiopian Peoples Democratic Party (EPDP)-Medhin have introduced their political programs to the public.
		They said members of EPRDF were forcing the people to elect its members in the previous two elections.
	www.sudantribune.com /article_impr.php3?id_article=7682 (852 words)

	Magazine Articles
		The military and political core of the northern newcomers, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), was Tigrayan, a small ethnic group, just 7%, of the population, which could not hope to dominate the vast and heterogeneous country.
		People are automatically arrested and detained on suspicion of being Oromo Liberation Front supporters.
		The only party allowed is the Oromo Peoples Democratic Organisation (OPDO) which, like all the other so-called "democratic organisations", is a party set up by the TPLF to exercise control.
	www.oromo.org /osg/magazine.htm (3065 words)

	UNDP EMERGENCIES UNIT FOR ETHIOPIA
		Bisrat Democracy (see EDA), Ethiopian People's Democratic Salvation?; EPDUO; and SAMGDO.
		EDORM - Ethiopian Democratic Officers' Revolutionary Movement [Alemshet Degife, ?Asamenaw Bedane] (member of EPRDF) (May 1990, dissolved April 31 94) - formerly 2 seats
		ESDM - Ethiopian Somali Democratic Movement [Farah Musa Awale, Issa Sheikh Imar Osman, Ahmed Yousuf Abdi, Esaq Mohad Fulamo,, formerly Yusuf Omar] {Issaq} (1982)
	www.sas.upenn.edu /African_Studies/eue_web/soup_may.htm (3065 words)

	Human Rights Watch World Report 2003: Africa: Ethiopia
		The ruling coalition Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) led by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi maintained a firm grip over the federal and state governments.
		In March 2002, people known to be government party functionaries disrupted a meeting of the Ethiopian Democratic Party (EDP) in Awassa at which members were protesting government acquiescence to revision of the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea.
		The chairman of the South Ethiopian Peoples' Democratic Coalition (SEPDC), Beyene Petros, one of a handful of opposition members of the federal parliament, accused the National Elections Board of having assigned government officials and government party members as election judges.
	www.hrw.org /wr2k3/africa5.html (2832 words)

	Walta Information Center
		EPRDF a coalition of the Tigray Peoples Liberation Front (TPLF), the Oromo peoples' Democratic Organization (OPDO), the Southern Peoples Party and the Amhara Nation's Democratic Movement (ANDM) was given 40 minutes to elaborate its activities since the 1995 election.
		Several parties including EDU, AAPO, CAFDPE, ONC and National Democratic Unity said they had been condemning the secession of Eritrea whose referendum they claimed was not "free and fair." They alleged that EPRDF "irresponsibly" gave the right to Shabia, the Eritrean ruling party, which achieved its wishes without the consent of all the people.
		Several opposition parties such as the Ethiopian national Democratic Party, the Joint Political Forum and Joint Ethiopian Nations and Nationalities Democratic Party said that the first thing they would do if the result of the May election favoured them was restructuring the government.
	www.telecom.net.et /~walta/conflict/articles/article1068.html (2832 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Ethiopian parties to contest voting
		After reviewing the results, the National Election Board said the governing Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front had won 296 of the 547 parliamentary seats.
		Berenson was arrested in November 1995 and sentenced to life without parole by a secret military court, which said she was a leader of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement.
		Under U.S. pressure, Peru overturned the sentence in August 2000 and sent her case to a civilian anti-terrorism court, which found her guilty of the lesser crime of terrorist collaboration.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/world/20050810-9999-1n10world.html (2832 words)

	International Market Research - ETHIOPIA: 2005 COUNTRY COMMERCIAL GUIDE
		The Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), a coalition of four parties, dominated by the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF — the guerilla movement that led the fight against the Derg), won decisively and has an overwhelming majority in Parliament.
		The U.S. has had long and cordial relations with the Ethiopian people, even during periods when official relations between the governments were minimal.
		Nationwide elections for parliamentary and local council seats were held in 2000.
	strategis.ic.gc.ca /epic/internet/inimr-ri.nsf/en/gr127402e.html (6048 words)

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		The new rulers in Addis Ababa, the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), and EPLF in Eritrea, say their first priority is to tackle famine relief and food shortages.
		Notwithstanding public rhetoric about dumping their various Marxist ideologies, the EPRDF and the Tigrayan Peoples' Liberation Front, which has been enjoying a measure of US support, remain dominated by former university students still committed to the notion of a centralised, command economy.
		All work halted as the war spread on land and BP declared force majeure last summer, when one of its seismic boats was fired on by rebels from the Eritrean Peoples' Liberation Front (EPLF).
	www.somalilandforum.com /news/all/Oil-Prospects.htm (4858 words)

	How Have We Been Blind For This Long?
		of the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), a coalition of Ethiopian political organizations.
		political organization established to lead the national liberation struggle of the Oromo people.
		Ethiopia Under TPLF Leadership: Two Steps Backwards, One Step Towards...
	www.religiousconsultants.com /god/ethiopia2005.htm (1220 words)

	The Ethiopian Revolution, The Dergue, Civil War and Famine
		The TPLF and EPRDM took control of the government under the name of Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), led by Meles Zenawi, the TPLF leader.
		In September 1987, The Mengistu regime proclaimed Ethiopia as the Ethiopian Peoples' Democratic Republic and the Dergue became the Ethiopian Workers party (EWP).
		Hundreds of thousands of people died of starvation due to the Mengistu regime refused to allow aid to be transported to the regions affected by the famine, which were controlled by the rebels.
	www.ethiopiantreasures.toucansurf.com /pages/dergue.htm (1280 words)

	Central Committee and Executive Members of the Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front's member Organizations
		Central Committee and Executive Members of the Ethiopian People Revolutionary Democratic Front's member Organizations
		Executive Committee Members of the South Ethiopia Peoples Democratic Front (SEPDF)
		Chairman of the Kore People's Organization will be assigned as 50
	www.waltainfo.com /EnNews/2001/Sep/15Sep01/Sep15e_Central_Committee_EPRDF.htm (1280 words)

	Ethiopia
		Torn by bloody coups, uprisings, wide-scale drought, and massive refugee problems, the regime was finally toppled by a coalition of rebel forces, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), in 1991.
		A constitution was adopted in 1994 and Ethiopia's first multiparty elections were held in 1995.
		In 1974 a military junta, the Derg, deposed Emperor Haile SELASSIE (who had ruled since 1930) and established a socialist state.
	worldorphans.com /countries/a0000212.cfm (1280 words)

	Tigrayan People's Liberation Front - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		At the last legislative elections, 15 May 2005, the party was the main part of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, that won 327 out of 527 seats.
		TPLF was also the armed force that together with Eritrean People's Liberation Front fought against the authoritarian Marxist regime of Mengistu Haile Mariam.
		The Tigrayan People's Liberation Front (TPLF) is a political party in Ethiopia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tigrayan_Peoples%27_Liberation_Front (144 words)

	Meles admits members of his Party in the South responsible for abuse of constitutional rights
		Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said on Tuesday that members of his ruling party, the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) were responsible for the “abuse of constitutional rights” in the Southern Nations Nationalities and
		Meles while presenting his report to the House of Peoples Representatives, which began this year’s session on Monday, said his Party would bring to justice, individuals who are also members of his Party and who violated the constitutional and human rights of people in the South.
		He said members of the ruling party couldn’t use the emblem of the EPRDF as a masquerade to violate constitutional rights.
	www.addistribune.com /Archives/2002/10/11-10-02/Meles.htm (144 words)

	Ethiopia, Map and Flag
		Torn by bloody coups, uprisings, wide-scale drought, and massive refugee problems, the regime was finally toppled by a coalition of rebel forces, the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), in 1991.
		Federal Supreme Court (the president and vice president of the Federal Supreme Court are recommended by the prime minister and appointed by the House of People's Representatives; for other federal judges, the prime minister submits to the House of People's Representatives for appointment candidates selected by the Federal Judicial Administrative Council)
		A constitution was adopted in 1994 and Ethiopia's first multiparty elections were held in 1995.
	www.greatestcities.com /Africa/Ethiopia.html (1450 words)

	Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front
		The Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front, or EPRDF, is the ruling political party of Ethiopia.
		It is an alliance of four other groups, including the Oromo Peoples' Democratic Organization, the Amhara National Democratic Movement, the South Ethiopian Peoples' Democratic Front and the Tigrayan Peoples' Liberation Front.
		Together they had 472 of the 527 seats in the Council of Peoples' Representatives following the election held in May 2000.
	www.tocatch.info /en/EPRDF.htm (346 words)

	Pan-African Thoracic Society
		In 1991 under pressure from the EPLF and from the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), a coalition group dominated by the Tigrayan Peoples’ Liberation Front (TPLF) operating elsewhere in Ethiopia, the military government in Ethiopia collapsed.
		This was opposed by Eritrean liberation movements, the earliest of which was the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) formed in 1961, largely among Muslim areas of the country.
		The people outside the highlands are mainly Muslim.
	www.africanthoracic.org /countries/eritrea.shtml (587 words)

	Ethiopia
		In May the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) won general elections to the federal and regional parliaments.
		In August in the Somali region, nine people, including five election observers, one opposition candidate, and three other passengers, were killed when the cars they in which they were riding were struck by either rockets or landmines.
		In August in the Somali region, nine people, including five election observers, one opposition candidate, and three other passengers, were killed when the cars they were riding in were struck by either rockets or landmines (see Section 1.a.).
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/af/789.htm (18374 words)

	Articles - Addis Ababa University
		Ironically, it was a group of former college students in Tigray province who founded the Tigrayan Peoples' Liberation Front to resist the Derg government, which later joined a number of other groups to become the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front.
		And while they have certainly made it easier for people to keep in touch, they also have helped police and prosecutors catch criminals.
		As part of their sweeping changes, the Derg ordered Addis Ababa University temporarily closed March 4, 1975 and dispatched its 50,000 students to the countryside to help build support for the new regime.
	www.gaple.com /articles/Addis_Ababa_University (360 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Tigrayan People's Liberation Front
		The Tigrayan People's Liberation Front, or TPLF, is the core group of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF), the political party that is leading Ethiopia as of 2005.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Tigrayan_Peoples'_Liberation_Front (64 words)

	BBC NEWS Special Report 1999 07/99 Battle in the Horn Stubborn leaders and national pride
		In 1991, Ethiopia's Marxist military dictatorship under Mengistu Haile Mariam was ousted by the Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) led by Meles Zenawi, and the Eritrean Peoples Liberation Front (now the Peoples' Front for Democracy and Justice) led by Isaias Afwerki.
		Ethiopia was concerned about being relegated to the status of supplying cheap labour for Eritrea; by Eritrean use of their common currency, the birr, to acquire dollars; and by overcharging at the port of Assab.
		He refutes the criticism that his policies were pro-Eritrean while the war distracts attention from internal criticisms, including similar allegations of a lack of democracy, and that development has been largely confined to Tigray region.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/low/special_report/1999/07/99/battle_in_the_horn/399155.stm (863 words)

	Abaineh Workie
		Consistent with its iniquitous plan, TPLF organized dummy political parties along ethnic lines and christened itself as the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF).
		The claimed objective of TPLF was to liberate Tigrai people.
		EPLF and TPLF, in collaboration with external forces, have been actively promoting the spread of Islamic Fundamentalism in the region.
	ethiopianreview.homestead.com /Article_AbainehWorkie_Jul93.html (2138 words)

	Preliminary Analysis of Eritrean-Ethiopian War. (Alasdair Guest)
		Partly under the tutelege and material support of the EPLF, itself deadlocked in the later stages of the war against the Dergue, the TPLF formed a loose alliance with other ethnic and regionalist groups in Ethiopia in the form of the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front.
		A long and bitter internal struggle between several Eritrea liberation movements, with different ethic and political orientations was resolved in the form of the Eritrean Peoples' Liberation Front.
		In Eritrea this is dominated by the high level of urban unemployment, especially among young people, the reluctance of expatriates to return and contribute their skills to reconstruction, and among the 50% of the population who have Islamic beliefs, principally those in rural areas.
	www.isf.org.uk /ISFJournal/ISF3/PreliminaryAnalysisOfEritreanEthiopianWar.htm (4170 words)

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