Ethiopia Instability has increased in Ethiopia since the prime minister’s peace prize: “The Nobel laureate has rarely been questioned so early”

Nobel the Ethiopian Prime Minister, who received the Peace Prize last year Abiy ahmed he has not been able to meet the aspirations that have been imposed on him to stabilize his country.

International incense about Aby’s achievements in reconciling peace with neighboring Eritrea and promoting democracy in Ethiopia has increasingly drawn louder criticism.

The Peace Prize was expected to strengthen the Prime Minister’s actions in Ethiopia, but last year it showed that Abiy has failed to promote peace in his home country.

During the year, hundreds of people have died in Ethiopia in clashes between different ethnic groups and as a result of violent actions by the country’s security forces.

Thousands of anti-government protesters and opposition activists have been arrested. They accuse the Aby administration of autocracy.

Abyy’s decision to postpone regional and parliamentary elections scheduled for August has also raised questions about the prime minister’s commitment to democracy. It was claimed that the reason for the postponement was to reduce the spread of the coronavirus, and a new date for the elections has not yet been set.

Ethiopia backward development has reinforced the already burned-out idea at the time of the award that it was premature to award Aby the Nobel.

“Rarely has the Nobel Prize been challenged so early, just a year after receiving the award,” commented the Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies at Bjørknes University in Oslo. Kjetil Tronvoll to Politico magazine By the end of September.

“It seems clear that political change has stalled and the government is reverting to authoritarian practices,” he said.

Abiy became Ethiopia’s prime minister in spring 2018. He ended a state of emergency that extended government powers, pardoned political prisoners, waived media censorship and legalized previously banned opposition groups.

The rising tensions within and within ethnic groups is in part the result of Abyi’s actions when legitimate opposition groups seized their new opportunities.

Abiy insured in september The Economist wrote an opinion piece, he is firmly committed to change, even though the country has faced numerous obstacles over the past two and a half years.

At the same time, he recognized that peacebuilding has been difficult in a country that has long been ruled by authoritarian clutches.

“We understand that law enforcement activities carry a risk of human rights violations and attacks,” he quoted The Washington Post Aby’s writing.

“It is not easy to forget the way of thinking and the tactics learned in the past. Reforms in security and the judiciary will take time, ”Abiy wrote.

Amnesty International released in spring report, which describes abuses by the security forces in Ethiopia.

Nobel Prize Abyy’s greatest challenge is seen as curbing inter-ethnic tensions and discontent, among other things, in her home region of Oromia, one of the areas of strong opposition support.

Oromo is the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia and Abiy is an Oromo.

The prime minister has managed to improve the poor country’s economy, but ethnic tensions threaten to undermine the stability on which Ethiopia’s recent economic success is based, the economic news agency writes. Bloomberg.