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Timeline: Ethiopia's Nobel Peace Prize to brink of civil war

by Rodney Muhumuza
| November 10, 2020 6:30 AM

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Ethiopia's federal troops for almost a week have been battling troops loyal to the Tigray regional government, raising fears of civil war in Africa's second most populous country. Just a year ago, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed was receiving the Nobel Peace Prize for his dramatic political reforms. What happened? Here’s a timeline of recent events:

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