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Ethiopia sets tentative date for elections

By Reuters
16 January 2020   |   7:00 am
Ethiopia's electoral board says national elections will likely take place on August 16, the first poll under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed whose premiership has brought unprecedented political change but also uncorked ethnic rivalries.

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