From Nobel Peace Prize to Uproar in Less Than One Year
A fresh outbreak of violence is the latest in a set of setbacks for Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who won the peace prize in 2019.
Photographer: Mulugeta Ayene/AP Photo
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Outraged by the slaying of a popular Ethiopian musician, about 100 youths descended on the British Lodge in the Rift Valley town of Batu, torched its 16 rooms and forced its guests to flee.
Almost three months later, the tourist getaway some 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of the capital, Addis Ababa, remains shut. All but five of its 33 staff have been let go, and the smell of charred furniture permeates what remains of its buildings.