Ethiopia heads for one of ‘least competitive’ elections

Ethiopia holds a general election on June 1, with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed all but guaranteed of victory despite multiple armed conflicts and the economic impact of the Middle East war.

Who will win?

Abiy has been in power since 2018 and his Prosperity Party (PP) won a landslide — 485 of the 502 contested seats — at the last general election in 2021.

That ballot was partially disrupted by the devastating civil war between the central…