Ethiopia’s election next month will be a sham. Many of Abiy Ahmed’s rivals are either in exile or in jail. Opposition parties have been co-opted, cowed or banned https://www.economist.com/middle-east-and-africa/2026/04/23/abiy-ahmed-is-throttling-free-expression-in-ethiopia?taid=69f0438434a71c00018aa6c8&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=voante