The country needs to amend its laws and mandate the electoral commission to implement mechanisms to enable the diaspora to vote
The party argues in court papers that its votes were ‘stolen’ because the IEC manipulated the voting process
The party claims that had it not been for blatant rigging, it would probably have won the elections
The court said the party’s 11th hour application was without merit
The commission stressed that the votes in the box were already counted and recorded
The unstable pathway many post-colonial African states followed was facilitated by the way in which European empires undermined democratic elements
The Movement for Democratic Change has accused the ruling ZANU-PF party and the election commission of rigging the July 30 vote
Ethiopian opposition parties have rejected parliamentary elections which gave Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s ruling coalition a majority last week.