The jury is still out on Ahmed’s peace prizeYossi MekelbergResidents read the last edition of local newspapers in Addis Ababa on October 12, 2019, with the news of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s award of The Nobel Peace Prize the previous day. (AFP)There is something risky in awarding a Nobel Peace Prize to a politician who is still holding the reins of power. The jury remains out on whether the decision to award Ahmed this prize was hasty and premature, or visionary. Furthermore, Ahmed’s pledge to strengthen democracy by holding free and fair elections stood him in good stead and made him almost the perfect peace prize candidate, the poster-boy politician. The Nobel Peace Prize committee has this year opted to reward someone who has shown in his short term in office great promise of becoming a reformer and a man of peace.

Source: Ethiopian News October 19, 2019 11:37 UTC