Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
Source: Washington Post
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Ethiopian Prime minister Abiy Ahmed won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his dogged pursuit of democratic reforms and regional peacemaking efforts. Ahmed was awarded the prize “for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighboring Eritrea,” said Berit Reiss-Andersen, the chair of the Nobel Committee, which decides the winner.
The 43-year-old former intelligence officer has ushered in an era of hope for peace and greater freedoms in Africa’s second-most populous country, which has long been governed by authoritarian regimes. Upon taking office in April 2018, Abiy initiated the release of thousands of political prisoners, unbanned various political organizations, prosecuted former officials accused of torture and vowed to move Ethiopia toward its first free, multiparty elections in 2020.
Abiy has also made bold foreign policy moves, including overtures to his counterpart in Eritrea, which seceded from Ethiopia in 1993 after decades of bloody war, formally ending a tense military standoff that had lasted 20 years. In neighboring Sudan and South Sudan, both beset by civil conflict, Abiy personally spearheaded rounds of talks between opposing sides, reestablishing Ethiopia’s potential as a regional power broker.
Abiy’s recognition by the Norway-based Nobel Committee was reminiscent of President Barack Obama’s ten years earlier. Like Obama at the time, Abiy is near the beginning of his term and hasn’t yet fully implemented the broad reforms and peace deals he has set out to accomplish. But his initial decisions in office have prompted an outpouring of hope that those stated objectives will be achieved.
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/nobel-peace-prize-2019-awarded-to-abiy-ahmed-ethiopian-prime-minister-who-helped-end-standoff-with-eritrea/2019/10/11/899e005a-e949-11e9-a329-7378fbfa1b63_story.html
Full headline: Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who helped end standoff with Eritrea
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5:00 AM - Oct 11, 2019
I think this is a good decision. The Ethiopian/Eritrean conflict was just awful and near intractable. Now the 2 countries have reconciled and the stabilization has been beneficial for both.
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Oct. 11, 2019 at 5:03 a.m. EDT
Abiy, 43, has initiated democratic reforms and sought to resolve conflicts in the region. He has ushered in an era of hope for peace and greater freedoms in Africa's second-most-populous country, which has long been governed by authoritarian regimes.
This is a developing story. It will be updated.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2019/10/11/nobel-peace-prize-awarded-to-ethiopian-prime-minister-abiy-ahmed-who-helped-end-standoff-with-eritrea/
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(how DARE someone from a "shithole country" win this?????!!1!!11!
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come on you fucker!
blow up!
rather "statesman-like" - say, Churchill.................
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who has actually worked for peace! 
As opposed to the Corpulent Orange Excrescence who wreaks havoc and destruction upon all that is good! 
The right person won this award, and he won for the right reasons.
