Targeted killings, deadly street protests, a postponed election and rising regional tensions over control of the Nile river are destabilizing Ethiopia, posing a stern challenge to the reformist leader of Africa’s second-most populous nation just a year after he won the Nobel Peace Prize. Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed stunned world leaders when he ended a 20-year conflict with neighboring Eritrea and pledged to break open one of the continent’s most entrenched one-party states within months of taking office in 2018. He freed thousands...

Source: Wall Street Journal July 15, 2020 12:09 UTC