Abiy Ahmed's Party Wins Ethiopia's General Election

Jun 21(Jowhar)-Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has won the recent general election in the country, with his party holding a parliamentary majority.

Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party secured 438 out of 501 seats contested in this election, and they are expected to form the new government with Prime Minister Abiy being sworn in during October.

The election was not held in Tigray, one of Ethiopia's 12 regions, due to the electoral board citing an unfavorable situation there.

Abiy, who won the Nobel Peace Prize, was widely expected to win the national elections as candidates from his Prosperity Party campaigned on the government's economic situation and improving food security in a country that has faced several recent droughts.

This 49-year-old first came to power amid protests against the government in 2018. A year later, he won the Nobel Peace Prize, largely for his efforts to end the conflict with neighboring Eritrea to the north.

However, security experts are concerned that the country may revert to war, as violent protests in the Amhara and Oromia regions of Ethiopia show no signs of ending.

Although a peace agreement in 2022 ended the conflict, the Tigray political party moved in May to regain control of the regional political administration, which violates the agreement.