As Ethiopia is heading to the polls, the Tigray region won't be participating in the vote for the second time, with tensions simmering on. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and his Prosperity Party meanwhile are expected to win.
The TPLF is reasserting control in Tigray after electing Debretsion Gebremichael. Rising tensions with Ethiopia's federal government are fueling fears of renewed conflict in the Horn of Africa.
Authorities and security forces in Ethiopia’s contested Western Tigray Zone are arbitrarily detaining ethnic Tigrayans and imposing a discriminatory system that severely restricts their movements, employment, and access to services.
