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Desert locusts have devoured crops and pasture across a swathe of land covering parts of the Tigray, Amhara, Oromia and Somali regional states. The FAO estimated that the insects were eating 1.8 million tonnes of vegetation a day across 350 sq km (135 sq miles) of the country. Read more on BBC news
“Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali has been awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said in its citation. Read more on France 24 news
CGTN Africa says “One of Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s biggest victories was the peace deal he brokered with neighbor Eritrea. The deal, signed in July last year, ended a nearly 20-year military stalemate with Eritrea following their 1998-2000 border war”. Asle Sveen, a historian who has written several books about the Nobel Peace Prize, told Reuters the deal made Abiy exactly the kind of candidate Alfred Nobel had envisaged for the prize. Read more
Out of 301 nominees for 2019’s prize, 223 are individuals and 78 are organizations, according to the Nobel Institute. Youth activist Greta Thunberg from Sweden who protests over climate inaction and PM of Ethiopia, Dr Abiy Ahmed who contributes a lot to the peace in the Horn of Africa are in the top list of the favorites to win the 2019 prize. Read more
The Prime Minister, Dr Abiy Ahmed, contributed a lot for democracy, undertaken reforms, released several prisoners and political parties in exile returned to their country, said Kehinde Bamigbetan, President of the Association. Read more
Abiy Ahmed Ali was selected by the international jury of the Prize on 29 April in recognition of his contribution to dialogue in the region and, in particular, for instigating the peace agreement between the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia and Eritrea. Read more
NAIROBI—The new prime Minister of Ethiopia, Abiy Ahmed is the winner of teh “African Of the Year.” Read more
EPIC-Ethiopian Peace Initiative Committee in Sweden 