Ethiopia Insight published on 4 September 2024 a commentary titled "Ethiopia's Oversight Vacuum Breeds Weak Opposition Parties" by Temelso Gashaw, human rights lawyer.
There are currently 71 registered Ethiopian national and regional political parties. Many are weak, fringe parties that exist as a result of Ethiopia's party registration and financing system. Ethnic and religious identity define most of these parties and most are considered to be the "private property of their leaders."
Ethiopia Insight published on 21 September 2021 an analysis titled "EIEP: Lust for Power Trumped Reformist Zeal in Ethiopia's Election."
This is a region by region analysis of the 21 June elections in Ethiopia where the Prosperity Party won 410 of the 425 contested seats in parliament and almost 98 percent of the contested contests in regional and city council elections. Ethiopia Insight concluded that in spite of all efforts to rebrand, the Prosperity Party used an array of tactics straight out of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front playbook to win.
Ethiopia Insight published on 28 August 2021 a commentary titled "One Vote Forwards, Two Steps Back for Ethiopian Democracy" by an anonymous author.
The author argues that Ethiopia's national election was squarely, although not entirely fairly, won by the Prosperity Party. Voting for the Prosperity Party should not be taken as a sign of consensus or of unconditional acceptance for the party's political agenda given that its main ethnonational opponents did not take part and because of the uneven ground this election was contested on.
