Ethiopia will hold a parliamentary election on June 5, 2021, its National Electoral Board has said on Friday, after postponing the vote from August this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. News of the vote comes as Ethiopia, Africa’s second-most populous nation, wrestles with outbreaks of deadly violence. On Thursday, the military killed 42 armed men accused of taking part in a massacre in the western Benishangul-Gumuz region. Ethiopia has a federal system comprising 10 regions with the freedom to set some taxes, run security forces and pass laws. Ethiopia is also experiencing unrest in the Oromia region and faces long-running security threats from Somali fighters along its porous eastern border.

Source: Ethiopian News December 25, 2020 12:22 UTC