The Nobel laureate has his work cut out for him: protecting beleaguered minorities in Ethiopia.
By Matthew Taylor King
The Wall Street Journal. Opinion
Dec. 29, 2019 2:35 pm ET
Abiy Ahmed was in a hurry. This year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate surprised his Norwegian hosts when he declined to hold two press conferences and skipped town shortly after delivering his Dec. 10 Nobel lecture. Rising ethnic tensions beckoned the Ethiopian prime minister home.
in a hurry. This year’s Nobel Peace Prize laureate surprised his Norwegian hosts when he declined to hold two press conferences and skipped town shortly after delivering his Dec. 10 Nobel lecture. Rising ethnic tensions beckoned the Ethiopian prime minister home.
Mr. Abiy won the Nobel for his “decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighboring Eritrea,” but his most important work lies ahead of him. Ethnic conflict is the principal threat to the stability of Ethiopia—Africa’s second-most-populous…