Another day, another sequel

Abiy Ahmed together with Vladimir Putin

I´ve been blogging about this several times already. The saga never ends, it seems!

In 2019, the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the Peace Prize to Abiy Ahmed, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia, for negotiating a peace agreement between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Unfortunately for the Nobel Committee, Abiy and his Eritrean allies has since been involved in a bloody civil war with the TPLF, the former ruling party of Ethiopia, now a rebel movement in the province of Tigray. This recently prompted the Committee to issue a statement criticizing Abiy, which I assume is a diplomatic way to disavow him!

Abiy Ahmed was widely seen as a US color revolutionary asset when he overthrew the TPLF, but apparently he is a "multi-vectoralist", so the official US position at the moment seems to be "a plague on both your houses" and calls for negotiations with the rebels. I´m *sure* it´s a sheer co-incidence that the noble Committee criticizes him at this very juncture. I suppose the Norwegians can give Abiy another little medal if he brokers another peace, yes?

Another fun fact was that many climate activists (and media outlets) wanted Greta Thunberg to get the Peace Prize back in 2019. Say what thou wilt about Greta, but she isn´t embroiled in any literal war, to the best of my knowledge...  

Norwegian Nobel Prize Committee criticizes Ethiopia´s Prime Minister