finding a middle groundEthiopia’s parliament has voted to break off ties with the political administration in Tigray, just days after it had begun a new session from which the northern region had withdrawn all its representatives. But relations between the Tigray region and the government in Addis Ababa have become increasingly tense since the general elections were officially delayed earlier this year due to the on-going coronavirus pandemic. Just about every opposition party rejected the delay, with the Tigray’s People Liberation Front (TPLF) threatening to hold its own elections in the Tigray region. A threat it followed through on in September when it held its local regional elections. Gebremicheal, a former deputy prime minister of Ethiopia, was the region’s deputy president and acting president since January 2018.

Source: Ethiopian News October 08, 2020 00:00 UTC