The Nobel Peace Prize, of course, differs from all Nobel Prizes. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, on the other hand, awards the peace prize based on aspiration and hope. Indeed, it is not certain Abiy’s détente with Eritrea will last, nor that Ethiopia itself will remain stable and unified . Alas, Abiy appears to have let the prize go to his head and, in doing so, may have forgotten an important rule of peacemaking: timing matters. When Somalia opened an embassy in Washington last autumn, the ceremony featured a convicted war criminal best known in Somaliland for burning prisoners alive.

Source: Ethiopian News February 17, 2020 14:37 UTC