After months of setbacks – including being twice delayed – Ethiopia has had its election. Originally scheduled for August 2020, it was postponed until June 5 due to the coronavirus pandemic. It was delayed again to enable more time to tackle voter registration problems and other electoral challenges across African’s second-most populous country, eventually taking place on June 21.
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On Saturday, the election board announced a landslide victory of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s party in his first electoral contest on June 21 [File: Tiksa Negeri/Reuters]