Ethiopia’s ruling Prosperity Party has secured a comfortable parliamentary majority in this month’s elections, according to results announced by the country’s national election board on Sunday.
The outcome came as little surprise, as Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s party was broadly expected to dominate the vote against a fragmented and divided opposition field.
Abiy first came to power in 2018 following widespread mass protests that brought down the long-ruling EPRDF coalition. He established the Prosperity Party the year after taking office.
The party’s latest victory follows a similarly dominant performance in the 2021 parliamentary elections, when it captured more than 90% of the available seats.
