A SHEAF OF wheat can have many meanings. For Ethiopia’s Prosperity Party, which chose one as its campaign logo ahead of polls scheduled for June 1st, it is a symbol of national unity: stalks entwined ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has secured another term in office after his Prosperity Party won a landslide victory in parliamentary elections. Bloomberg's Chief Africa Correspondent Jennifer ...

Fortune has smiled on Abiy Ahmed. When Ethiopia’s prime minister was a boy his mother prophesied that he would become a king. As a thrusting cadre of the ruling party, he told colleagues he would one ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ethiopians have begun voting in parliamentary and regional elections, with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's party projected to win by a ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is likely to retain his post in elections today, even as tensions in parts of the country spark fears of renewed conflict. Security challenges could prevent voting ...

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopia heads to the polls on Monday in an election that the ruling party is predicted to win by a landslide due to a fragmented and weak opposition. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ...

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 ...

When Abiy Ahmed took office in 2018, aged 42, he carried with him the weight of Ethiopia‘s hopes. Having come to power after months of popular unrest, he “enjoyed broad public support, along with a ...

Around 50 million Ethiopians were expected to vote on Monday for parliamentary and regional elections. Analysts predict a landslide victory for Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's party, despite ongoing ...

As Ethiopia tallies votes from its latest national election, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s expected victory is unlikely to ease the country’s mounting security challenges. Far from the ballot box, ...