Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's party is expected to dominate the election as conflicts overshadow the vote.
Ethiopia's compromised election highlights the fragility of democratic transitions across Africa, where conflicts and institutional weaknesses often undermine the legitimacy of electoral processes. This pattern of exclusionary democracy threatens to entrench authoritarian governance and could inspire similar restrictions in other African nations undergoing political transitions.
Ethiopia's compromised election highlights the fragility of democratic transitions across Africa, where conflicts and institutional weaknesses often undermine the legitimacy of electoral processes. This pattern of exclusionary democracy threatens to entrench authoritarian governance and could inspire similar restrictions in other African nations undergoing political transitions.
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