ETHIOPIA-ADDIS ABABA-GENERAL ELECTION-OBSERVATION MISSIONS-PRELIMINARY REPORTS

Xinhua
04 Jun 2026, 17:16 GMT+10

(260604) -- ADDIS ABABA, June 4, 2026 (Xinhua) -- Head of the African Union (AU) Election Observation Mission Uhuru Kenyatta (L), also former Kenyan president, and head of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Election Observation Mission Speciosa Wandira-Kazibwe, also Uganda's former vice president, attend a joint press conference presenting the preliminary reports on Ethiopia's general election, in Addis Ababa, capital of Ethiopia, on June 3, 2026. Ethiopia's seventh general election, held on Monday, was marked by high voter turnout and orderly, peaceful participation, according to preliminary reports by election observation missions of the AU and the IGAD.

The AU deployed an observation mission comprising 73 observers drawn from 35 African countries, while IGAD deployed 27 observers across eight regions of Ethiopia to monitor the country's election. (Photo by Muluneh Gebre/Xinhua)

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