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.