The Guardian view on Ethiopia: a tragedy in the making? | Editorial

The government’s military operation against leaders of the Tigray region could have devastating consequences across the Horn of AfricaWhat a difference a year makes. Just over 12 months ago, Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel peace prize. The Ethiopian prime minister had overseen extraordinary change in his brief tenure: though the committee singled out the peace deal he had signed with Eritrea, ending an apparently intractable dispute, he had also embarked upon sweeping domestic reforms. Yet while