For those seeking good news from Africa, there is no better recent example than the dramatic rapprochement between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Pictures and videos of the overjoyed crowds in Asmara and Addis Ababa greeting the other country's leaders on mutual visits circulated rapidly on social media as well as in international news coverage.
There is no denying the optimism and joy evoked by this turn towards peace. But, as Olivia Woldemikael wrote in a commentary ("History aside, what will peace mean for my loved ones?" - available at http://tinyurl.com/y9xke8ze), it also brings many questions:
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