The irony continues.
In 2019, I wrote “The Nobel Prize for Abiy Ahmed: Turning an Irony into an Opportunity.”
It was a prize for a false peace one that felt like a prize for coming war on Tigray, waged by Ethiopia and Eritrea —and within a year, it became just that.
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While Africa’s displacement has grown steadily, the most dramatic surge was outside Africa, from 2020 onward, when global displacement, excluding Africa, increased from 8 million to a peak of nearly 16 million in 2022–2023, likely driven by conflicts such as the wars in Ukraine and Syria."
We look forward to continued deliberations and deeper engagement on these hard questions.