Colombian Juan Manuel Santos wins Nobel Peace Prize in boost for troubled talksGETTY IMAGES Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has won the Nobel Peace Prize. NTB SCANPIX Kaci Kullmann Five, chairman of the Nobel Peace Prize award committee, announces the laureate of Nobel Peace Prize 2016. "I congratulate President Santos for the Nobel and hope it helps move towards changes to accord which is so damaging to democracy." The Nobel Peace Prize, worth 8 million Swedish crowns (NZ$1.3 million), will be presented in Oslo on December 10. - 97 Nobel Peace Prizes have been awarded 1901-2016- 2 Peace Prizes have been divided between three persons- 16 women have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize so far- 62 is the average age of the Nobel Peace Prize Laureates the year they were awarded the prize- 1 Peace Prize Laureate, Le Duc Tho, has declined the Nobel Peace Prize- 3 Peace Prize Laureates have been under arrest at the time of the award: German pacifist and journalist Carl von Ossietzky, Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi and Chinese human rights activist Liu Xiaobo.

Source: Stuff October 07, 2016 09:09 UTC