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Researchers Find $600M in Suspicious Polymarket Election Trades

Analysis cited by Wired found that two Polymarket election markets, tied to Ethiopia and Romania, generated over $600 million in trading volume, much of it after the races had concluded. Researchers identified $284 million in questionable trades around Ethiopia's election and found that 99.6% of trading volume in a Romanian election market during certain periods was flagged as likely wash trading. Polymarket said it flagged and blocked the Ethiopia-related accounts but did not explain why the activity continued for months first.

news.slashdot.org · 2026-10-17

Ethiopia's Tigray war reignites as TPLF and Fano clash with federal forces

Large-scale fighting erupted on September 23 in northern Ethiopia between the TPLF and Amhara Fano militias against federal government troops and allied Tigrayan forces, according to the International Crisis Group. The clashes came five months after the TPLF regained control of Tigray, undermining the 2022 peace agreement that had ended the prior war, and followed an intensified drone campaign by Addis Ababa against TPLF forces.

africanistperspective.com · 2026-10-03