Ethiopia
Since the 1980s, Ethiopia has experienced famine, political repression, internal conflict, and war with Eritrea.
Abiy Ahmed Ali, appointed by parliament as prime minister in April 2018, was awarded the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his successful effort to reach a settlement with Eritrea and end 20 years of conflict. Abiy has since been criticized for resorting to repressive measures in relation to the fighting in the Tigray Region in northern Ethiopia, which was ended through a ceasefire agreement in November 2022.
In August 2021, Human Rights Watch issued a report stating that since June 2021 the Ethiopian authorities had “arbitrarily detained, forcibly disappeared, and committed other abuses against ethnic Tigrayans in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.”
