Center for Strategic and International Studies

After the Supermajority: Ethiopia’s Trajectory Following the 2026 Election

Ethiopia's Prosperity Party secured a supermajority in the June 2026 elections. What does this mean for the country's ...

TIOBE Index for June 2026: Top 10 Most Popular Programming Languages

Python’s lead narrows again, C holds the runner-up spot, C++ returns to third, and SQL climbs back above R in June’s top 10 ...
CNN

Ethiopia’s PM won a Nobel Peace Prize, stoked a civil war - and is set for re-election

When Abiy Ahmed became Ethiopia’s prime minister in 2018, he offered a clean slate for Africa’s oldest uncolonized nation, which had been suffocated by decades of strict state control. His predecessor ...
Investing

IMF reaches agreement with Ethiopia on fifth program review

Investing.com -- The International Monetary Fund has reached a staff-level agreement with Ethiopian authorities on the fifth review of the country’s four-year $3.4 billion Extended Credit Facility ...
Al Jazeera English

Ethiopia’s election: Parties, coalitions and candidates explained

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ethiopians vote on Monday in a general election to choose members of parliament, who will in turn select the next prime minister. The National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) ...
Foreign Affairs

The War in Ethiopia Isn’t Over

A few months after coming to power in April 2018, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed a peace deal to end a decades-long insurgency in the country’s Oromia region. The same summer, he struck a ...
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Ethio Telecom enters capital market in historic listing on Ethiopian Securities Exchange

Addis Ababa, May 26, 2026 —Ethio Telecom has been officially listed on the Ethio Telecom shares market under the Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX), marking a historic turning point in the country’s ...
Chatham House

Ethiopia needs more than an election to calm internal and regional conflict

Image — A man walks past an election campaign poster depicting Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Jimma on 27 May 2026. Photo by Marco Simoncelli / AFP via Getty Images. Ethiopia’s election on 1 ...
Reuters

Ethiopian election expected to give leader Abiy's party a landslide win

Voting won't take place in Tigray and parts of Amhara Abiy's Prosperity Party faces weak, fragmented opposition Government touts economic record, rejects rights criticism NAIROBI, June 1 (Reuters) - ...
Al Jazeera English

Ethiopia to vote on June 1 as Abiy’s ruling party eyes landslide victory

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Ethiopia will hold general elections on June 1, 2026, with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s governing Prosperity Party (PP) widely expected to secure a decisive victory. A ...
BBC

Voting suspended in parts of Ethiopia over security concerns

Voting in Monday's general election was suspended in parts of Ethiopia's Oromia and Amhara regions due to security concerns, but long voter queues were seen elsewhere, electoral commission head ...