The African Union (AU) proclaims the arrival in Ethiopia of the African Union Election Remark Mission (AUEOM) for the 1 June 2026 Elections within the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The Mission is deployed on the invitation of the Authorities of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia.
The AUEOM is led by H.E. Uhuru Kenyatta, former President of the Republic of Kenya. The Mission includes 73 Quick-Time period Observers (STOs), 61% of whom are girls, drawn from 37 African nations, together with ambassadors accredited to the African Union, officers of election administration our bodies, members of civil society organisations, election specialists, human rights specialists, gender and media specialists, and representatives of youth organisations.
The observers shall be deployed throughout varied areas of Ethiopia to watch election-day procedures, together with the opening of polls, voting, closing, and counting and tabulation at polling stations.
The AUEOM will base its evaluation on the authorized framework governing elections in Ethiopia, the OAU/AU Declaration on the Rules Governing Democratic Elections in Africa, the African Constitution on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDEG), and different related regional and worldwide devices and requirements for democratic elections.
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The Mission shall interact with state authorities, together with the Nationwide Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE), political events, candidates, civil society organisations, the media, representatives of the worldwide neighborhood based mostly in Ethiopia, and different election statement missions.
The Mission will launch a Preliminary Assertion on its findings and evaluation of the conduct of the elections at a press convention in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 3 June 2026. A last and complete report shall be printed inside two months after the elections.
The Secretariat of the Mission is predicated on the Ethiopian Skylight Lodge in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
For extra details about the Mission and its actions, please contact:
Mr. Samuel Atuobi, AUEOM Coordinator I Political Affairs, Peace and Safety Division I African Union Fee I E-mail: Atuobis@africanunion.org