Africa needs to stop celebrating peace prizes, as if not fighting for once is all we're capable of

27 October 2019 - 00:00
By barney mthombothi AND Barney Mthombothi

The awarding of this year's Nobel peace prize to Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is a welcome respite for a country long blighted by decades of repressive rule, unending tribal wars and conflicts and the infamous famine - induced by drought and political instability - that claimed the lives of more than a million people.

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