How did Ethiopia go from its leader winning the Nobel Peace Prize to war in a year? In 2019, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize. ARABLOUEI: That's Sarah Vaughan, author of a book called Understanding Ethiopia's Tigray War. A man named Abiy Ahmed, whose father was Oromo, became the protesters' favored leader. That sort of sense of Ethiopia as a kind of spiritual project is something which Abiy Ahmed has recaptured.

Source: Ethiopian News August 29, 2023 12:17 UTC