Ethiopia will hold parliamentary and regional elections that analysts expect Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's party to win in a landslide, despite significant unrest in much of the country.
More than 50 million of Ethiopia's people are registered for the elections to be held on Monday, but voting won't take place in the northern Tigray region, where the electoral board has cited "unfavourable conditions" following a 2020 to 2022 civil war and continuing political turmoil.
Abiy, 49, will be looking to further consolidate his grip on national politics. He was appointed in 2018 following mass protests against the long-ruling EPRDF coalition and his newly-formed Prosperity Party won 410 out of 484 seats in parliament in elections in 2021.
