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Ethiopian lawmakers call region's vote unconstitutional

by Associated Press
| September 5, 2020 10:03 AM

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Ethiopia’s upper house of parliament on Saturday called elections planned next week in the northern Tigray region unconstitutional, amid a confrontation between the federal government and regional officials who have warned that any intervention amounts to a “declaration of war.”

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