Ethiopians in three regions go to polls in delayed election

Citizens in three regions are electing 47 representatives in the June vote delayed over ballot and security issues.

Ethiopians in three regions where elections had been delayed have headed to the polls to vote for their representatives, with one area also voting on whether to form its own regional state.

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed will form the next government regardless of the results from late voting on Thursday. His party already won 410 of the 436 parliamentary seats that were contested in the June vote.

Abiy is under increasing international pressure over the war in the northern region of Tigray, where elections did not take place.