The correct answer is Ethiopia.

• Abiy Ahmed was born in Beshasha, Ethiopia. As a young man, Abiy Ahmed participated in the armed struggle against Mengistu’s communist regime in Ethiopia and later served in the Ethiopian military.
  • Abiy studied computer science, leadership and economics, graduating in 2017 with a doctorate in peace and conflict research at Addis Ababa University.
  • A long-time political activist, he was elected to the Ethiopian parliament in 2010.
  • He became prime minister of Ethiopia in 2018.

• Abiy Ahmed has also engaged in other peace and reconciliation processes in and around the Horn of Africa. 
  • In his own country, he granted an amnesty to political prisoners and abolished press censorship.
  • He also focused on empowering women. In a short time, the country’s president, Federal Supreme Court president and half of the ministers in his government were women, including the Minister of Peace.
• Democratisation poses serious challenges in a country with 100 million inhabitants and more than 80 different ethnic groups.
• In 2019, Ethiopia, a country with no tradition of free elections and democracy, was still racked by major internal conflicts.
  • At the time Abiy Ahmed received the Nobel Peace Prize, there was considerable suspense as to whether he would succeed in fulfilling his promise of free and fair elections in 2020.