Ethiopia Holds General Elections as Addis Ababa Corridor Urban Renewal Project Displaces Over 10,000 Residents
Ethiopians voted in general elections on June 1, 2026. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party is expected to win while the corridor project continues to reshape Addis Ababa.
France 24Ethiopians voted in general elections on June 1, 2026. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's Prosperity Party is expected to win the vote. Ahmed has held power since 2018. The corridor project, launched in 2024, seeks to modernise Addis Ababa and other cities.
The effort has produced mass evictions, displacing more than 10,000 residents in the capital alone. FRANCE 24 correspondent Tom Canetti reported on the project and the evictions. Addis Ababa is the capital of Ethiopia.
The city is undergoing forced modernisation under the corridor project. The government has presented the work as an effort to update infrastructure and urban layout. Ahmed faces accusations of authoritarianism and of cracking down on dissent, according to the France 24 report.
The same report noted that the Prosperity Party is projected to secure victory in the current elections. The corridor project began in 2024. It targets multiple cities in addition to Addis Ababa. More than 10,000 people have already been removed from their homes in the capital as a direct result of the redevelopment.
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The same facts could be read as a necessary, if painful, modernization drive by a reformist government attempting to upgrade crumbling urban infrastructure and stimulate economic growth in a rapidly developing capital.
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