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‘Ethiopia’s election will be peaceful’

‘Ethiopia’s election will be peaceful’

GIULIA PARAVICINI and DAWIT ENDESHAW ETHIOPIA will show a sceptical world that it can successfully hold a peaceful election next week, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed told a crowd of tens of thousands of supporters at his first - and last - campaign rally yesterday. The June 21 vote is the first time Abiy, 44, will face voters at the ballot box in Africa's second most populous nation. He tweeted this week that the election "will be the nation's first attempt at free and fair elections". "The whole world is saying we will fight but we will show them differently," Abiy…
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