Obasanjo in Addis Ababa to monitor Ethiopia’s election

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has arrived in Addis Ababa to monitor Ethiopia’s general election scheduled for Monday June 21.
Obasanjo is heading the African Union Elections Observation Mission to the country.
The election was initially slated for August last year but the COVID-19 pandemic forced a postponement by 10 months. And technical hitches forced another weeks’ delay in May.
It was agreed that the poll in the vast country of 110 million should hold at the best of times.
And things are worsened by unrest, conflict and COVID-19.
Campaign for the elections ended on Thursday.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed campaigned in the southern city of Jimma on Wednesday, where he outlined his vision of a peaceful, united and prosperous Ethiopia. It was his final campaign rally.
His upbeat speech came at a time of widespread ethnic unrest and economic difficulties, as well as a conflict in the northern Tigray region where the UN warns 350,000 people face famine.