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Ethiopia: How do elections work in a country struggling with conflict and a risk of famine?

Ethiopians have been voting in key elections amid rising tensions and a conflict in the northern Tigray region.

But the vote was postponed in Tigray, where the army has been fighting a local force since November.

The conflict has sparked a humanitarian crisis, with 350,000 people living in famine conditions, according to a recent assessment.

So how does a country which some fear is on the brink of starvation elect its leader?

Aleem Maqbool reports.

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