Politics
Ethiopian parliament reappoints Abiy Ahmed for second term
October 5, 2026 at 06:41 PM
4 reports · 3 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 7 hours
AJAl Jazeera English
Ethiopia’s PM insists on access to Red Sea despite regional conflict threat
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AJAl Jazeera Arabic
آبي أحمد يبدأ ولاية ثانية ويتعهد بضمان منفذ بحري لإثيوبيا
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SNSky News Arabia
البرلمان الإثيوبي يجدد ولاية أحمد رئيسا للوزراء
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MAMasrawy
البرلمان الإثيوبي يعيد انتخاب آبي أحمد رئيسًا للوزراء
(opens the publisher’s site)Parliament reappointed Abiy Ahmed on Monday for a second term, days after federal forces retook the Tigray capital from TPLF fighters.
- Ethiopia's parliament on Monday reappointed Abiy Ahmed for a second term after his Prosperity Party won 438 of 501 seats in the June election.
- In his inauguration speech, Abiy pledged to work "tirelessly" to secure Ethiopia a sea outlet, reaffirming the goal as a national priority.
- On Sunday federal forces regained control of Mekelle, Tigray's capital, after TPLF fighters withdrew from the city.
- The African Union warned the renewed fighting threatens the 2022 Pretoria agreement that ended the two-year war.
- Parliament unanimously re-elected Abiy, who then took the constitutional oath of office before President Taye Atske Selassie.
- The new federal government formed under the re-election is known as 'Medemer'.