Ethiopia Pulls Tigray Party License Ahead of June Elections
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Ethiopia’s electoral board said it canceled the license of the Tigray People’s Liberation Front for participating in rebellion, a move that confirms the region’s former ruling party will not participate in upcoming federal elections.
The federal government and the dissident group in Ethiopia’s north have been in conflict since Nov. 4, following an attack on a military base in Tigray. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed blamed the attack on the TPLF, a group that dominated Ethiopian politics before he came to power in 2018.