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Election victory for governing EPRDF a certainty, but why it will win is still subject to debate.
From: Talk to Al Jazeera
Hailemariam Desalegn: Democracy ‘not only an election’
The Ethiopian prime minister discusses democracy, human rights, press freedom and the future of his country.
22 May 2015
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