The Nobel Committee said Abiy had won the prestigious prize for "efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea." "The prime minister also has to work on to improve the economy and drive down the cost of living," he told Reuters. The Nobel Committee's decision appeared designed to encourage the peace process, echoing the 1994 peace prize shared by Israeli and Palestinian leaders and the 1993 award for moves towards reconciliation in South Africa, said Dan Smith, head of the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. "As an Ethiopian actually I am very happy that the prime minister won the Nobel peace prize," said Desalegn Chane, president of the new National Movement of Amhara (NAMA) party told Reuters by phone. The Nobel Peace Prize will be presented in Oslo on December 10, the anniversary of the death of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, who founded the awards in his 1895 will.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 11, 2019 09:13 UTC