Eprdf in a sentence

There is not an EPRDF problem, but an Ethiopian problem that is manifest in the EPRDF.

He came to power following anti-government protests against the ruling coalition, the EPRDF.

Although the EPRDF was weak, divided and bereft of legitimacy, its sudden death was not inevitable.

But in the regional bodies, ethno-nationalist parties might profit from the end of EPRDF, collecting votes from those who feel the PP doesn't do justice to their groups' aspirations.

Let’s not forget that Abiye was the security head under EPRDF, he knows how to play the game and win.

Second, by publicly criticizing the record of the EPRDF and its guiding doctrines, while allowing colleagues to publicly and often savagely censure each other, he ensured the irrevocable loss of internal unity.

The EPRDF continued to teach this ideology to its cadres, using China and other one-party Asian states such as North Korea as political models.

The fact that opposition to the plan has come from so many quarters—including from those, like Jawar, who were once staunch critics of the EPRDF—is revealing.

Abiy Ahmed, the chair of the Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) addresses Ethiopian lawmakers after he was sworn in as the country's Prime Minister, Monday, April 2, 2018.

Even after the nation was declared a federal republic following the ratification of the current constitution, the level of autonomy local governments should have exercised has been sacrificed by the hegemonic aspirations of EPRDF.

He has had to steer a delicate course to keep various factions of the political coalition that has ruled Ethiopia for almost three decades—the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF)—on board.

Instead of naming it Amara genocide, they are calling it a religious conflict although the barbaric killers were chanting the EPRDF’s code for Amara- “get out nefitegna”.

Speculation abound that, Abiy's party ODP will begin discussing the Medemer issue and will be presented before the ruling party (EPRDF) soon.

The first step may be the merger of EPRDF into one inclusive party.

There is an opportunity with the ongoing merger of the three participating regional parties in the EPRDF coalition with the five other regional ruling parties.

Addis Ababa March 29/2018 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that heads of states and governments have continued to send congratulatory messages to the EPRDF upon electing the new Chairman of the Front in a fully democratic manner.

Analysts say this indicates the challenge he faces in promising reforms publicly while privately persuading the EPRDF to loosen its hold.

And the EPRDF had dished it out too, on several occasions.

But the EPRDF remains unpopular in many parts of Ethiopia, and some people at the rally chanted anti-government slogans after they stormed the stage.

EPRDF is at a historic crossroads, and the options are clear.