{"id":304864,"date":"2026-05-31T20:26:34","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T01:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ethiopanorama.com\/?p=304864"},"modified":"2026-05-31T20:28:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T01:28:35","slug":"ethiopia-heads-to-the-polls-elections-under-the-shadow-of-war-and-dissent-france-24-1005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ethiopanorama.com\/?p=304864","title":{"rendered":"Ethiopia heads to the polls: Elections under the shadow of war and dissent\u00a0&#8211; France 24 10:05\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Ethiopia heads to the polls: Elections under the shadow of war and dissent \u2022 FRANCE 24 English\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KXFgABqwSgQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ethiopia heads to the polls: Elections under the shadow of war and dissent<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Africa<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Issued on:\u00a031\/05\/2026 &#8211; 16:04<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">As Ethiopia prepares to hold its seventh General Elections on June 1, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the ruling Prosperity Party are widely expected to secure a landslide victory. But the stakes for him are high nonetheless: restoring stability and projecting an image of national unity. Critics warn that growing restrictions on press freedom and political dissent are casting a shadow over the vote. And with 70% of the country still affected by armed conflict, many question whether the conditions for a truly democratic election are in place. Report on the ground by our correspondent Tom Canetti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Video by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/author\/tom-canetti\/\">Tom CANETTI<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethiopia heads to the polls: Elections under the shadow of war and dissent Africa Issued on:\u00a031\/05\/2026 &#8211; 16:04 As Ethiopia prepares to hold its seventh General Elections on June 1, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the ruling Prosperity Party are widely expected to secure a landslide victory. But the stakes for him are high nonetheless: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-304864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-discussion"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethiopanorama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethiopanorama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethiopanorama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethiopanorama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethiopanorama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=304864"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ethiopanorama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":304869,"href":"https:\/\/ethiopanorama.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/304864\/revisions\/304869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ethiopanorama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=304864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethiopanorama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=304864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ethiopanorama.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=304864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}