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Ethiopia’s prime minister, Abiy Ahmed, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, a year into his tenure, for making peace with Eritrea but is now starving hundreds of thousands of his citizens to bring a restive region to heel.

When Abiy Ahmed, Ethiopia’s prime minister, launched an attack on the restive region of Tigray in his country’s north last November, he promised it would be a swift victory for his forces.

From Time

Curiously, the way Below Zero oscillates from long restive stretches between points of interest to short bursts of perilous activity absorbed my attention in ways many more-frenzied popular horror games don’t.

Workers had to sign a “Conditions of Employment” slip that listed “agitation” and “insubordination” as grounds for firing, and those living in the company town risked losing their home if they were seen as being too restive.

International border tensions have defined the restive region, which has been heavily militarized, with civil protests and terror attacks over several decades.

From Quartz

The U.S. launched campaigns in the restive Iraqi city of Fallujah and a surge campaign in Baghdad.

The U.S. military is finally starting to train Iraqi troops to fight ISIS in restive Anbar province.

The great exception, of course, was Ireland, its most restive component.

On Friday, the restive Ukrainian parliament, now dominated by her political allies, voted to free her.

Levinson pointed to the the SInai Peninsula, the restive swath of desert that links Israel to Egypt.

A handsome soldier on a restive bay mare came next, and behind him a huge touring car with a pompous black chauffeur.

Long grass bordered the road on either side, and Barrington's horse suddenly shied and became restive.

Even the platform supporters grew restive unconsciously, and stirred and coughed.

Whatever court he went to (and he was often obliged to go to restive and refractory ones) he brought them into his measures.

But sometimes, as now, she was restive under his too close scrutiny.

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On this page you'll find 58 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to restive, such as: agitated, fractious, jittery, recalcitrant, restless, and tense.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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