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What has been achieved by Ethiopia's Prime Minister , Abiy Ahmed , for him, was awarded this year's Nobel peace prize?

The Nobel Committee said that he had selected for His role in the solution of The Border conflict with Eritrea and the promotion of peace and reconciliation in His own country and in the entire East African region.

Mr Abiy supporters hail His success as a triumph, but he also has vehement critics, The Most sought on the current situation in His own country, home of ethnic tensions.

We look at His record.

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In 2018, Mr Abiy inherited a country with an unresolved conflict on the Northern border, in a region where the instability was dramatically held back Economic Development .

Within a few months, he had signed a peace agreement with Eritrea.

in order To achieve this, Mr Abiy promised to hand over contested border, particularly The Town of Badme, which had lost the focus of the heavy fighting of 1998-2000 in which tens of thousands of your life areas.

Mr Abiy has also been praised for the collection of important democratic reforms in Ethiopia and for His conflict resolution efforts elsewhere in the region.

But let's start with the result of His peace Treaty with Eritrea.

Has lasted The Peace with Eritrea?

opened On the first, border towns, goods and people could move relatively freely across The Border , which remained closed and militarized

However, according to a widespread euphoria in the country on an agreement, there was frustration about the progress of The Peace agreement on the ground.

The Town of Badme remains effective under Ethiopian control, as the two governments work out the details of the agreement, and all of The Border posts, which are initially open are now closed. Some companies in The Border cities, which flourished at the beginning magnificently, are now struggling.

flights between the two capitals, Addis Ababa and Asmara, were resumed.

Some of the Tigrayans, the Ethnic Group in the North-East region, had protested the borders of Eritrea, the post at the opening of The Border .

The dominant political group in the North-Eastern region of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), was against The Process , and has tight relations with the Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki .

When The Peace Treaty was signed, Mr. Isaias was very critical of the TPLF - His nemesis, when the countries officially At War .

to remove When the Ethiopian government seeks military equipment from The Border , it was blocked by the inhabitants of the Tigray, the feared future conflict with their neighbors

Some analysts also blame the slow progress in the direction of peace to Eritrea President Isaias.

He has resisted the opening of His country, as one of The Most oppressive on The Continent , so he is not pressed, in reforms at home, His critics.

democratic improvements were?

If Mr Abiy came to power, he freed thousands of political prisoners, ended the state of emergency and unbanned numerous Political Parties .

He appointed the first female President, gave the half of the seats in His Cabinet to women, and committed the country to full multi-party elections in the year 2020.

These are all measurable democratic, but His critics say that His leadership style has been a cult of personality, while he is pushed into the background the important ministries of the decision-making process.

Ethiopia's internal ethnic tensions even worse?

the tensions between Ethiopia and the numerous ethnic communities has always been a matter of serious dispute, but the authoritarian state had kept a lid on the topic.

If Mr Abiy came to power in April 2018, he noted greater political freedoms.

In some areas, this led to an open conflict and led some of the 2. 5 million people from their homes to flee, in these unstable regions.

A report by Refugees International , in November last year, the government is criticized for the promotion of early return regions not yet safe and for not doing enough to protect civilians.

What is the role as a regional peace-broker is Abiy?

In His Short Time in office, Mr Abiy, also played an important intermediary role in other regional "hot spots".

He was instrumental in bringing the military government in the Sudan to the negotiating table with the opposition, following widespread protests in Khartoum and elsewhere.

The conversation led to the formation of a transitional power-sharing government.

in addition, he has tried to help the normalization of diplomatic relations between Eritrea and Djibouti, which after years of political hostility.

Mr Abiy also has tried to mediate between Kenya and Somalia, which has been in a protracted dispute over the maritime border between the Two Countries .

And he was active in the Peace Talks between the South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar .

He allowed not to be implemented, a meeting between the two leaders in June last year in Addis Ababa , despite a peace agreement signed in August last year, completely.

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Source of news: bbc.com