These are the six African elections to watch out for in 2021

Ethiopia

Very few countries at the end of 2020 commanded global attention than Ethiopia. Political and security analysts were in consensus that tensions in the northern region of Tigray were surely going to lead to a civil war. So far, Addis Ababa would disagree.

But a legislative assembly election that was supposed to be held in August 2020 was postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic. With the tensions in Tigray sparking somewhere in October, the election has become attained more relevance than before as the world waits to see if Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the coalition led by the Progress Party will retain their mandate.

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There is no set date for when the election will happen in 2021 but whenever it is, the results will definitely be a reflection of national sentiments on the ongoing sectarian warfare.