Ethiopia Postpones General Elections Because of Coronavirus
A worker waits to disinfect a metro carriage in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on March 20.
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Ethiopia will postpone general elections that were scheduled for the end of August because of the coronavirus outbreak, the country’s electoral body said on Tuesday.
The East African nation has 26 confirmed cases of the virus. Voter registration was supposed to start on April 22 and campaigns a little more than a month later.