05/12/2021 10:59 AM EDT
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor
United States Department of State
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL)
Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO):DRL Supporting Peaceful Elections in Ethiopia
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number: 19.345
Type of Solicitation: Open Competition
Application Deadline: 11:59 PM EST on 1, July, 2021
Funding Floor: $1,000,000
Funding Ceiling: $1,000,000
Anticipated Number of Awards: 1
Type of Award: Cooperative Agreement
Period of Performance: 12-18 months
Anticipated Time to Award, Pending Availability of Funds: 3 Months
A. Project Description
The U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announces an open competition for organizations interested in submitting applications for projects that enhance electoral security and mitigate violence in future referenda and electoral cycles in Ethiopia.
Ethiopia will stick to African Union-led process on Nile dam
EU to observe Ethiopian elections after having second thoughts, says Ambassador Dina Mufti
2021-05-10 03:30:07
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia
Ethiopia will stick to the African Union-led process concerning trilateral negotiations on the $5 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) despite downstream countries insistence on a quartet, a spokesman has said.
Tensions intensified among Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt concerning Ethiopia s flagship hydroelectric project after a trilateral meeting held under the auspices of the current chair of the African Union, Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshekedi, did not produce a breakthrough.
Sudan proposed that the EU, US and UN join the African Union as mediators a proposal Egypt seconded but Ethiopia categorically rejected.
Addis Getachew |10.05.2021
Ethiopia will stick to the African Union-led process concerning trilateral negotiations on the $5 billion Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) despite downstream countries’ insistence on a quartet, a spokesman has said.
Tensions intensified among Ethiopia, Sudan, and Egypt concerning Ethiopia’s flagship hydroelectric project after a trilateral meeting held under the auspices of the current chair of the African Union, Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshekedi, did not produce a breakthrough.
Sudan proposed that the EU, US and UN join the African Union as mediators a proposal Egypt seconded but Ethiopia categorically rejected.
“The EU and the US are still observers and we don’t mind if their roles are enhanced,” Ethiopian Ambassador and Foreign Ministry spokesman Dina Mufti told a news conference on Saturday.
The National Electoral Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) said that it has registered 31,724,947 voters for the upcoming sixth general elections.In a statement on Saturday, the NEBE said the number includes about 1.2 million prospective voters in the .