Global Profile: Abiy Ahmed - Prime Minister of Ethiopia

A Nobel Peace Prize winner and leader on the edge of history, caught between old dependencies and new alliances.

Ethiopia has long been trapped in the periphery of the global economy, supplying resources and labor. It has not always been this way. Ethiopia has a history as a core nation, setting the rules for other countries.

Ethiopia was once a regional power, the Aksumite Empire (1st–7th centuries CE), controlling Red Sea trade routes and rivaling Rome and Persi…