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Ethiopia's Tigray region votes, defying federal government

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Yohannes Gebre Egziabher
September 10, 2020

Ethiopia's northern Tigray region held elections on Wednesday, defying the decision by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government to postpone all elections because of COVID-19.

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