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Ethiopia holds general elections

Sunday, 24 May 2015 10:39 PM [ Last Update: Sunday, 24 May 2015 10:40 PM ]

An employee of the Ethiopian Electoral Board stamps ballots prior to the vote on May 24, 2015 in Addis Ababa, during Ethiopian first general elections since the death of strongman Meles Zenawi in 2012. The Ethiopian Peoples Revolutionary Democratic Front, the current ruling party, is the expected winner. The EPRDF have won the past four elections since the downfall of the Derg communist regime in 1991. AFP Photo / ZACHARIAS ABUBEKER

Coletta Wanjohi
Press TV, Addis Ababa

Millions of Ethiopians have cast their ballots in the first general elections since the death of Prime Minister Meles Zenawi. Press TV's Coletta Wanjohi has more in the following report from the capital Addis Ababa.

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