Ethiopian prime minister’s party easily wins parliamentary election
Key takeaways
- Nobel Peace Prize winner will stay in power, as analysts warn of renewed conflicts.
- Abiy, who was appointed in 2018 following mass protests against the long-ruling Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) coalition, created the Prosperity Party the following year.
- The Ethiopian leader received widespread praise at home and around the world for freeing journalists, activists, and other political prisoners and revoking bans on many political parties after taking power.
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Nobel Peace Prize winner will stay in power, as analysts warn of renewed conflicts.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrives to attend the Africa Forward Summit 2026 at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre in Nairobi, Kenya, May 12, 2026 [Monicah Mwangi/Reuters]By Al Jazeera Staff and Reuters Published On 21 Jun 202621 Jun 2026Ethiopia’s Prosperity Party has comfortably won another parliamentary majority in this month’s elections, with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed set to keep the top job.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner had been widely expected to win the national elections as his Prosperity Party candidates campaigned on the government’s economic record and on improving food security in a country that has experienced several famines in the past.