Ethiopia Heads to the Polls for an Election Expected to Be Dominated Again by Abiy's Ruling Party
The Prosperity Party is expected to win a majority as 50.5 million registered voters cast ballots amid conflict, rights abuses and opposition complaints.
- On Monday, Ethiopia heads to the polls for national elections where Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party is expected to win a majority, securing him another five-year term.
- Abiy came to power in 2018 promising reform, yet his administration has navigated a two-year conflict in Tigray that killed some 600,000 people and ongoing violent insurgencies in Amhara and Oromia.
- The electoral board reports more than 50.5 million registered voters, though the entire northern region of Tigray, containing 38 constituencies, remains excluded from the poll due to persistent instability.
- Opposition figures, including the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Party, decry the process as 'far from genuine and democratic,' citing the ruling party's unfair advantage and campaign restrictions in conflict zones.
- While the government pledges major development projects, researchers warn that ethnic polarization and arbitrary arrests have eroded administration legitimacy, leaving Ethiopia significantly more divided than ever before.
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Ethiopia heads to the polls for an election expected to be dominated again by Abiy’s ruling party
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Ethiopia heads to the polls for an election expected to be dominated again by Abiy's ruling party
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