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Ethopia PM’s party wins landslide victory

Ethopia PM’s party wins landslide victory

DAWIT ENDESHAW PRIME Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party won the most seats in Ethiopia's parliamentary election, the election board has announced, a victory that assures him another term in office. Abiy hailed the June 21 vote as the country's first free and fair election after decades of repressive rule. However, an opposition boycott, war in the northern region of Tigray, ethnic violence and logistical challenges in some areas overshadowed the election. Voting did not take place in three of Ethiopia's 10 regions. Abiy's party won 410 of 436 parliamentary seats, election board deputy chairperson Woubshet Ayele announced in the capital…
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New Zealand’s Ardern storms to re-election with ‘be strong, be kind’ mantra

New Zealand’s Ardern storms to re-election with ‘be strong, be kind’ mantra

PRAVEEN MENON JACINDA Ardern turned speaking from the heart and smiling through adversity into a winning formula for a blowout re-election as New Zealand's leader yesterday. Now Ardern, who made a name for herself by crushing COVID-19 in the country and healing the nation after a massacre of Muslims by a white supremacist, faces a challenge to show her leadership extends beyond crisis management and kindness. Her Labour Party won a landslide victory in the general election, a resounding mandate that ushers in New Zealand's first purely left-leaning government in decades and may allow her to form a single-party government.…
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