Meanwhile, Ethiopia Is On the Brink of Civil War

Ethiopia appeared to be teetering close to the brink of civil war Wednesday, after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed sent in troops to the restive Tigray region in response to its forces allegedly attacking a federal military base. “The last red line has been crossed with this morning’s attacks and the federal government is therefore forced into a military confrontation,” Abiy’s office said in a statement. In a televised address, Abiy, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate for 2019, accused the northern region’s ruling party, the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), of launching an attack on federal army bases in the region early Wednesday. “The army has...