ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia will hold a parliamentary election on June 5, the electoral board said on Friday, as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed seeks to quell political and ethnic violence in several regions. Tigray held its own elections in September in defiance of the federal government, which declared the polls illegal. The National Electoral Board said next year's calendar for polls did not include an election in Tigray. It said the date for a Tigray vote would be set once an interim government, which was established during the conflict, opened election offices. For nearly three decades until Abiy's appointment, Ethiopia was ruled by a coalition of four ethnically-based movements dominated by the party from Tigray.

Source: Ethiopian News December 25, 2020 10:30 UTC