Post by account_disabled on Mar 9, 2024 0:40:13 GMT -5
Abiy Ahmed , the Nobel Peace Prize winner, is the young ( years old) prime minister of Ethiopia, one of the most populous African countries ( million inhabitants) and ethnically diverse ( different groups). The Academy has distinguished him with the most prestigious award on the world stage "for his efforts dedicated to peace and international cooperation and in particular his initiative to resolve the border conflict with Eritrea." In reality, the reconciliation process between Ethiopia and its former province, independent in , had begun before he came to power, now a year and a half ago. But, certainly, Aby has worked intensely these months to put the peace agreements into practice.
One of his most symbolic gestures was his visit to Asmara, the Eritrean capital, where he gave a historic speech, which could well be compared to the one Sadar gave in the Israeli Iraq Telegram Number Data Knesset in Abiy is not a populist stranger to Ethiopian politics. He is part of the leading group of the Ethiopian Democratic Front, which has been governing the country since the ouster of military dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam in But Abiy does not belong to the Tigray ethnic group, dominant although not the majority (only % of the population. but to the Oromo, one of the main groups in the country, but with little weight until now in the hierarchies of the State and the party .
This young African politician has been brave in his political ambitions. He fought for the leadership of the party-state from subordinate positions, dared to initiate a process of political opening and economic liberalization and has advocated an understanding with neighbors that goes beyond peace with Eritrea (). Ethiopia is the great power in the Horn of Africa, a region located at a crossroads of rivalries and trade routes between that continent and the Arabian Peninsula, on the other side of the Red Sea. In fact, pacification, still precarious, depends largely on regional balances, as the Boston University professor of Ethiopian origin, Michel Walderiam, has pointed out.
One of his most symbolic gestures was his visit to Asmara, the Eritrean capital, where he gave a historic speech, which could well be compared to the one Sadar gave in the Israeli Iraq Telegram Number Data Knesset in Abiy is not a populist stranger to Ethiopian politics. He is part of the leading group of the Ethiopian Democratic Front, which has been governing the country since the ouster of military dictator Mengistu Haile Mariam in But Abiy does not belong to the Tigray ethnic group, dominant although not the majority (only % of the population. but to the Oromo, one of the main groups in the country, but with little weight until now in the hierarchies of the State and the party .
This young African politician has been brave in his political ambitions. He fought for the leadership of the party-state from subordinate positions, dared to initiate a process of political opening and economic liberalization and has advocated an understanding with neighbors that goes beyond peace with Eritrea (). Ethiopia is the great power in the Horn of Africa, a region located at a crossroads of rivalries and trade routes between that continent and the Arabian Peninsula, on the other side of the Red Sea. In fact, pacification, still precarious, depends largely on regional balances, as the Boston University professor of Ethiopian origin, Michel Walderiam, has pointed out.