Legislative in Ethiopia: "It is impossible to imagine normal elections"
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A market, in the Ethiopian province of Tigray, May 2021. © RFI / Sébastien Németh
By: Clémentine Pawlotsky
6 mins
In Ethiopia, this Monday, June 21, as the war in Tigray continues and the humanitarian situation deteriorates, citizens are being called to the polls.
These legislative elections are the first since Abiy Ahmed came to power.
Several regions have already postponed them due to the security crisis.
Analysis by Gérard Prunier, former researcher at the CNRS, independent consultant, specialist in the Horn of Africa.
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Gérard Prunier
is the author of
The country that does not exist.
A history of Somaliland
(
The country that does not exist, a story of Somaliland
), Hurst Publishing
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