It was July 2018, just three months after Abiy Ahmed had been appointed leader of Africa’s second-most populous country, and his star was rising both at home and abroad.

In this July 15, 2018 file photo, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, second left, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, center, hold hands as they wave at the crowds in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

This is the story behind how Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, won a Nobel Prize for making peace with his country’s longtime enemy — and then used the alliance to plan a war.

Ethiopians rally in 2018 in support of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa. (Yonas Tadese / AFP / Getty Images) By Felix Horne . April 8, 2019 3:05 AM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options.

P rime Minister Abiy Ahmed's recent remarks in Parliament concerning the demands of healthcare professionals that led to widespread strikes have sparked discontent and doubt among healthcare ...

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Jimma, Ethiopia, in June. (Tiksa Negeri/Reuters) For months, there have been warnings of the disaster that might befall Ethiopia if Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed could not ...

Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, says he sent troops into the Tigray region to disarm a "criminal junta," not start a war.

Mr. Abiy’s Prosperity Party, formed in 2019 from the rump of a former governing coalition, is widely expected to win the election easily. But there will be no voting in 102 of Ethiopia’s 547 ...

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed taking the oath during his incumbent ceremony at the parliament building in Addis Ababa on Oct. 4. (Tiksa Negeri/REUTERS) Christopher Rhodes is a lecturer at ...

Ahmed Soliman, a research fellow at Chatham House and an expert on the Horn of Africa, said Abiy’s reform plan also increased expectations among constituencies with conflicting agendas, further ...