Ethiopia announces elections for June next year

Election officials empty a ballot box during the 2021 Ethiopian parliamentary and regional elections, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.[Reuters]

Parliamentary elections in Ethiopia will be held on June 1 next year, the electoral commission said, despite the country still enduring armed conflict.

Ethiopia is the second most populous country in Africa, with some 130 million inhabitants, but ongoing fighting in its two most populated regions has displaced millions.