Opposition Campaigns Continue to Deadline in Ethiopia's Election

Almost 37 million Ethiopians can vote this Sunday (May 24) in the country's national election. Fifty-eight political parties are contesting the election and it is widely expected that the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front party (EPRDF), which has been in power since 1991, will win the vote. But opposition parties and their members, such as the Blue Party, are still campaigning. Twenty-three-year-old art student Luel Damtew is one of them. “The...

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