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Ethiopia votes in greatest electoral test yet for PM Abiy

Ethiopians queue in the early morning to cast their votes in the general election, in Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's home town of Beshasha, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia began voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as war and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 of the 547 constituencies across the country. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene) An Ethiopian man casts his vote in the general election, in Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's home town of Beshasha, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia began voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as war and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 of the 547 constituencies across the country. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene) Ethiopians line up to cast vote in the general election in his home town of Beshasha, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia, Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopians are voting in a landmark election that is the centerpiece of a reform drive by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed but is overshadowed by the situation in the country's war-hit Tigray region. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene). An Ethiopian man casts his vote in the general election at a polling center in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting on Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as insecurity and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 constituencies of the 547 across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Ethiopians queue to cast their votes in the general election, next to a national flag, at a polling center in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as insecurity and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 constituencies of the 547 across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Ethiopians queue on chairs in the street, underneath a billboard for an eye clinic, as they wait to cast their votes in the general election at a polling center in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as insecurity and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 constituencies of the 547 across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Monk Tekeste Birhan, 85, casts his vote in the general election at a polling center near Entoto Park on the outskirts of the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia began voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as war and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 of the 547 constituencies across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Berhanu Nega, leader of the Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice (EZEMA) main opposition party, casts his vote in the general election in the capital Addis Ababa Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as insecurity and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 constituencies of the 547 across the country. (AP Photo) Berhanu Nega, leader of the Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice (EZEMA) opposition party, speaks to the media after casting his vote in the general election at a polling center in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as insecurity and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 constituencies of the 547 across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, centre, is hugged by a supporter, after casting his vote in the general election in his home town of Beshasha, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia began voting in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as war and logistical issues mean ballots won’t be cast in more than 100 of the 547 constituenciesacross the country. The election is the centerpiece of a reform drive by Abiy, whose rise to power in 2018 seemed to signal a break with decades of authoritarian rule and led to him winning a Nobel Peace Prize. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene) Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, left, waves to his supporters after casting his vote in the general election in his home town of Beshasha, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia began voting in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as war and logistical issues mean ballots won’t be cast in more than 100 of the 547 constituenciesacross the country. The election is the centerpiece of a reform drive by Abiy, whose rise to power in 2018 seemed to signal a break with decades of authoritarian rule and led to him winning a Nobel Peace Prize. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene) Ethiopians queue on the street as they wait to cast their votes in the general election at a polling center in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as insecurity and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 constituencies of the 547 across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A mother carries her baby on her back as she casts her vote in the general election at a polling center near Entoto Park on the outskirts of the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia began voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as war and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 of the 547 constituencies across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Ethiopians queue on the street as they wait to cast their votes in the general election at a polling center in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as insecurity and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 constituencies of the 547 across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Ethiopians cast their votes in the general election at a polling center in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as insecurity and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 constituencies of the 547 across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A mother carries her baby on her back as she casts her vote in the general election at a polling center near Entoto Park on the outskirts of the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia began voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as war and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 of the 547 constituencies across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Ethiopians queue in the early morning to cast their votes in the general election, in Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's home town of Beshasha, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia began voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as war and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 of the 547 constituencies across the country. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene) Ethiopians line up to cast vote in the general election in his home town of Beshasha, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia, Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopians are voting in a landmark election that is the centerpiece of a reform drive by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed but is overshadowed by the situation in the country's war-hit Tigray region. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene). An Ethiopian man casts his vote in the general election at a polling center in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting on Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as insecurity and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 constituencies of the 547 across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Ethiopians queue to cast their votes in the general election, next to a national flag, at a polling center in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as insecurity and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 constituencies of the 547 across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Berhanu Nega, leader of the Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice (EZEMA) opposition party, speaks to the media after casting his vote in the general election at a polling center in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as insecurity and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 constituencies of the 547 across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, left, waves to his supporters after casting his vote in the general election in his home town of Beshasha, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia began voting in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as war and logistical issues mean ballots won’t be cast in more than 100 of the 547 constituenciesacross the country. The election is the centerpiece of a reform drive by Abiy, whose rise to power in 2018 seemed to signal a break with decades of authoritarian rule and led to him winning a Nobel Peace Prize. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene) Ethiopians queue on the street as they wait to cast their votes in the general election at a polling center in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as insecurity and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 constituencies of the 547 across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) A mother carries her baby on her back as she casts her vote in the general election at a polling center near Entoto Park on the outskirts of the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia began voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as war and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 of the 547 constituencies across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Ethiopians queue in the early morning to cast their votes in the general election, in Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's home town of Beshasha, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia began voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as war and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 of the 547 constituencies across the country. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene) An Ethiopian man casts his vote in the general election at a polling center in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting on Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as insecurity and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 constituencies of the 547 across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Ethiopians queue to cast their votes in the general election, next to a national flag, at a polling center in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as insecurity and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 constituencies of the 547 across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, left, waves to his supporters after casting his vote in the general election in his home town of Beshasha, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia began voting in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as war and logistical issues mean ballots won’t be cast in more than 100 of the 547 constituenciesacross the country. The election is the centerpiece of a reform drive by Abiy, whose rise to power in 2018 seemed to signal a break with decades of authoritarian rule and led to him winning a Nobel Peace Prize. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene) Ethiopians queue on the street as they wait to cast their votes in the general election at a polling center in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as insecurity and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 constituencies of the 547 across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Ethiopians queue in the early morning to cast their votes in the general election, in Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's home town of Beshasha, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia began voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as war and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 of the 547 constituencies across the country. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene) Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, left, waves to his supporters after casting his vote in the general election in his home town of Beshasha, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia began voting in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as war and logistical issues mean ballots won’t be cast in more than 100 of the 547 constituenciesacross the country. The election is the centerpiece of a reform drive by Abiy, whose rise to power in 2018 seemed to signal a break with decades of authoritarian rule and led to him winning a Nobel Peace Prize. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene) An Ethiopian man casts his vote in the general election, in Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's home town of Beshasha, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia began voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as war and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 of the 547 constituencies across the country. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene) Monk Tekeste Birhan, 85, casts his vote in the general election at a polling center near Entoto Park on the outskirts of the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia began voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as war and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 of the 547 constituencies across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Berhanu Nega, leader of the Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice (EZEMA) main opposition party, casts his vote in the general election in the capital Addis Ababa Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as insecurity and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 constituencies of the 547 across the country. (AP Photo) Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, left, waves to his supporters after casting his vote in the general election in his home town of Beshasha, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia began voting in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as war and logistical issues mean ballots won’t be cast in more than 100 of the 547 constituenciesacross the country. The election is the centerpiece of a reform drive by Abiy, whose rise to power in 2018 seemed to signal a break with decades of authoritarian rule and led to him winning a Nobel Peace Prize. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene) Ethiopians queue on the street as they wait to cast their votes in the general election at a polling center in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as insecurity and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 constituencies of the 547 across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Ethiopians queue in the early morning to cast their votes in the general election, in Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's home town of Beshasha, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia began voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as war and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 of the 547 constituencies across the country. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene) An Ethiopian man casts his vote in the general election, in Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's home town of Beshasha, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia began voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as war and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 of the 547 constituencies across the country. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene) Ethiopians line up to cast vote in the general election in his home town of Beshasha, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia, Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopians are voting in a landmark election that is the centerpiece of a reform drive by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed but is overshadowed by the situation in the country's war-hit Tigray region. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene). An Ethiopian man casts his vote in the general election at a polling center in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting on Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as insecurity and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 constituencies of the 547 across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Berhanu Nega, leader of the Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice (EZEMA) main opposition party, casts his vote in the general election in the capital Addis Ababa Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as insecurity and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 constituencies of the 547 across the country. (AP Photo) Berhanu Nega, leader of the Ethiopian Citizens for Social Justice (EZEMA) opposition party, speaks to the media after casting his vote in the general election at a polling center in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as insecurity and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 constituencies of the 547 across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Ethiopians queue on the street as they wait to cast their votes in the general election at a polling center in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as insecurity and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 constituencies of the 547 across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Ethiopians cast their votes in the general election at a polling center in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as insecurity and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 constituencies of the 547 across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Ethiopians queue in the early morning to cast their votes in the general election, in Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's home town of Beshasha, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia began voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as war and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 of the 547 constituencies across the country. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene) Ethiopians line up to cast vote in the general election in his home town of Beshasha, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia, Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopians are voting in a landmark election that is the centerpiece of a reform drive by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed but is overshadowed by the situation in the country's war-hit Tigray region. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene). FILE - In this Wednesday, June 16, 2021 file photo, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks at a final campaign rally at a stadium in the town of Jimma in the southwestern Oromia Region of Ethiopia. Ethiopians on Monday, June 21, 2021 will be voting in a landmark election that is the centerpiece of a reform drive by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed but is overshadowed by the situation in the country's war-hit Tigray region. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene, File) Ethiopians cast their votes in the general election at a polling center in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopia was voting Monday in the greatest electoral test yet for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed as insecurity and logistical issues meant ballots wouldn't be cast in more than 100 constituencies of the 547 across the country. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis) Ethiopian official checks voting card of a voter before he casts his vote in the general election in his home town of Beshasha, in the Oromia region of Ethiopia, Monday, June 21, 2021. Ethiopians are voting in a landmark election that is the centerpiece of a reform drive by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed but is overshadowed by the situation in the country's war-hit Tigray region. (AP Photo/Mulugeta Ayene).