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Ethiopia chooses dissident to head vote board as PM presses reforms

Ethiopia parliament approves Birtukan Mideksa as elections boss [Courtesy]

 

Ethiopia chose a former exiled dissident to head its election board on Thursday - part of a dizzying shake-up by the new prime minister that has brought rebels back into the political mainstream and curbed the establishment.

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