Counting under way in ‘historic’ Ethiopia polls

Voters look at pollings station tallies posted outside a polling station in Addis Ababa, on June 22, 2021. - Ethiopia voted on June 21, 2021 in an election billed as the most democratic yet in Africa’s second-most populous country, but taking place as famine blights its war-torn Tigray region. PHOTO | AFP

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  • The national electoral board said the vote was mostly peaceful but reported “high levels of intimidation” of opposition party members in some regions.

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