The party used purple rather than red as a background colour in its 1997 election broadcasts as it targeted central ground and Gordon Brown said "purple is the colour of passion". It is seen as an ...

The movement's slow, strategic approach is a necessity in a country where one party controls 99.8 percent of seats in parliament, journalists are routinely jailed and rallies are broken up by police.

The Ethiopian government organized an anti-extremism rally Sunday at the same time the Blue Party had planned their protest. More than 40,000 demonstrators showed up, but some say they were forced ...

The Cambridge, Ont., couple who formed the New Blue Party, which was fifth in the Ontario election Thursday, say they feel they connected with people across the province during the campaign and ...

The Blue Party says it is not Islamist, but secular, with a peaceful and reformist platform: pro-civil rights and anti-corruption. But the party's PR strategy is unique in Ethiopian politics.