More than 37 million voters re eligible to cast ballots at polling stations across Ethiopia Monday in a pivotal election in Africa's second-most populous nation.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's ruling Prosperity Party is fielding the most candidates and is expected to win the most seats in parliament. The 44-year-old prime minister, who won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for implementing democratic and economic reforms in the country and a peace deal with neighboring Eritrea, has said the vote is Ethiopia's "first attempt at free and fair elections."
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