Ethiopia’s man of the moment
Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed was awarded the Nobel Peace prize last week. As he continues working to bring together a fractured country, he could draw lessons from one of SA’s own Nobel laureates
17 October 2019 - 05:00
In his congratulations to this year’s Nobel Peace prize winner, President Cyril Ramaphosa prominently acknowledged "the governments and peoples of Ethiopia and Eritrea".
The feat of the laureate, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, in ending the 20-year impasse between the two countries was enormous — particularly as he did so within 100 days of his appointment as head of the government last year...
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