Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Ethiopia: Development and Democracy Debate Ahead of Ethiopia Vote

By Simona Foltyn

Addis Ababa — If Ethiopians ever possessed a strong desire to express their political views through the ballot, that sentiment seems to have dwindled in the run-up to national elections on May 24.

One 28-year-old student, who requested anonymity fearing reprisals, shrugged at the thought of the upcoming vote.

"To say we have elections, there have to be real alternatives," he said. "This election is just so we can tell Western governments we are a democratic country," the finance and accounting master's degree student told Al Jazeera at Addis Ababa University's Siddist Kilo campus.

Click the link to read the full article: http://allafrica.com/stories/201505110625.html

Source: http://amediaagency.com/category/al-jazeera/

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