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This R&D provides resources on Ethiopia.  The nation held parliamentary elections on Sunday and the governing Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) coalition was expected to win.  Opposition parties said that the poll was not fair, but African observers said that the election was free of large irregularities.  The Ethiopian government has strong ties to Western nations despite its recent history of silencing critics of the government.