By Dawit EndeshawADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - Ethiopia's Tigray region plans to hold elections, its main party said, setting it on a collision course with the federal government and testing the country's fragile unity. The Horn of Africa country in March postponed parliamentary and regional elections scheduled for August due to the novel coronavirus outbreak. The TPLF said late on Monday it would proceed with elections in Tigray despite the nationwide postponement of voting. Ethiopia's National Elections Board said no request for a vote was submitted by TPLF and no organisation other than the NEBE had a mandate to conduct any type of election. The Tigray regional council can decide to hold elections and have the power to actually carry out the election," Jawar said.

Source: Ethiopian News May 05, 2020 19:07 UTC