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Abiy Ahmed was awarded Ethiopia's Prime Minister in April 2018

The 2019 Nobel peace prize, the Ethiopian Prime Minister , Abiy Ahmed , made peace in the past year, with bitter enemy Eritrea .

He received The Prize for his efforts to promote peace and international cooperation".

Mr Abiy's peace Treaty with Eritrea , a 20-year, ended in military stalemate after their 1998-2000 Border War .

He was as The Winner of the 100-year-old winner of the Nobel peace prize in Oslo , where he will receive the award in December.

It is worth about nine million Swedish crowns (about £of 730,000; $ 900,000).

after The Announcement , Mr Abiy said he was "humbled and thrilled".

"Thank You very much. It is given a price, for Africa , for Ethiopia and I can only imagine how the rest of Africa heads of state and government to take it to work positively, to [the] peace-building process on our continent," he said in a telephone conversation with The Secretary of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

a total of 301 candidates were nominated for the coveted award, including 223 individuals and 78 organizations.

There was great speculation about who would win The Prize , with climate activist Greta Thunberg widely tipped as the favorite. Under the Nobel Foundation rules, the nominations are not released could be used for 50 Years , and the organization says that any speculation prior to The Announcement of "sheer speculation".

What did Abiy Ahmed ?

After becoming Prime Minister in April 2018, Mr Abiy introduced massive liberalization reforms in Ethiopia, the shaking, which was a strictly controlled nation.

He freed thousands of opposition activists from prison and allowed to return to exiled dissidents to Return Home . Under him, several women were appointed to prominent positions.

most importantly, he signed The Peace Treaty with Eritrea .

But his reforms lifted the lid on Ethiopia, ethnic tensions and the resulting violence forced some 2. 5 million people from their homes.

Why did he win?

Mr Abiy, 43, was honored for his "decisive initiative for the solution of The Border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea ", the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

"The award is also to recognize and to serve all parties to work for peace and reconciliation in Ethiopia and in The East and North-East regions of Africa ," she said.

Eritrea 's President Isaias Afwerki (right) receives the keys of Abiy Ahmed as the Eritrean Embassy in Addis Ababa is re-opened in the year 2018

"peace is created by the actions of one party alone. If the Prime Minister , Abiy stretched out his hand, President Afwerki terms, and contributed to the formalization of The Peace process between the Two Countries . The Norwegian Nobel Committee hopes to bring The Peace agreement to positive changes for the entire population of Ethiopia and Eritrea . "

Since the Eritrea -deal, Mr Abiy - the youngest head of government in Africa 's participation in peace processes in other African countries, The Committee said. This helps the mediation of an agreement between the Sudanese military and the civilian opposition after months of protests.

Mr Abiy's office said the award was the statement that "the ideals of unity, cooperation and mutual coexistence that the Prime Minister , for years, consistently championing".

Another triumph for Abiy Ahmed

analysis by Emmanuel Igunza, BBC Africa

Since taking office a year ago, Abiy Ahmed has made history, and the Ethiopian policy turned on its head.

a Few had given him any chance of a rise in the Prime Minister 's office, and even less expected were the comprehensive reforms he will bring dignity, a country that, for years, been led by the Iron Fist of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front.

His most significant achievement to the end of a bitter border dispute with Eritrea was. He even went in the Eritrean capital, Asmara, received a Rock Star 's Welcome - a sign of his popularity among the population, tired of the two decades of hostilities between the Two Countries .

But also important is The Role he played to bring peace to The Horn of Africa , from the Sudan, Somalia, and Djibouti, all have had at some point "border disputes".

While he preached a message of Medemer - meaning togetherness or inclusiveness.

win His Nobel, is yet another feather in the cap of this former secret service chief.

What has been the reaction?

the African heads of state and heads of government congratulate those to Mr Abiy after his victory.

Somalia's President Mohamed Farmaajo described Mr Abiy as a "deserved winner", as he congratulated him on Twitter. "I've enjoyed working with him, the strengthening of regional cooperation," he wrote.

in Liberia, President George Weah expressed his "warmest congratulations for this fine piece of art", while Ghana's President, Nana Akufo-Addo said the award was "a reminder to us All That peace is one of The Most important ingredients needed to be successful in Africa ".

The Head of The Norwegian Refugee Council, Jan Egeland , has congratulated Mr Abiy said, but that he should "make the solution of ethnic tensions in Ethiopia a priority".

the Human Rights organization Amnesty International welcomed Mr Abiy reforms and the efforts to bring peace, but said his work was "far from done".

"He urgently needs to ensure that his government added to the addresses of the persistent ethnic tensions and threaten instability and further Human Rights violations," it.

Bisrat Crap, a 45-year-old businessman in Ethiopia's capital Addis Ababa , told the Reuters news Agency that Mr Abiy also required to be "of the economy improve and reduce the cost of life".

What his background is?

Mr Abiy, born in Ethiopia in 1976 to a Muslim father and a Christian mother.

He has several degrees, including a doctorate in peace and security, and a master's degree in Transformational Leadership .

As a teenager, he joined the Armed Struggle against the former Derg regime, a Communist military junta that governed Ethiopia from 1974 to 1987.

later, He worked as a UN peacekeeper in Rwanda .

Abiy Ahmed is the youngest head of government in Africa

During the 1998-2000 border conflict with Eritrea , instead he led a spy team on a reconnaissance mission in the areas affected by the Eritrean armed forces.

He entered politics in 2010, a member of the Oromo People's Democratic organization, prior to her election as a member of Parliament.

His time as an MP, coincided with clashes between Muslims and Christians. He developed a permanent solution to the problem through the establishment of a "Religious Forum for peace".

Who were the current peace-Nobel-prize-winner?

the Former US-President Barack Obama won the Nobel peace prize in 2009 for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples".

Other notable Nobel peace prize winners including former U.S. President Jimmy Carter (2002), children's education activist Malala Yousafzai (together 2014), the European Union (2012), the United Nations and its then Secretary-general Kofi Annan (shared in 2001) and Mother Teresa (1979) are.

The recipients of the various Nobel Prize -receives three things:

The prizes will be presented at ceremonies on may 10. December in Stockholm and Oslo .

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Source of news: bbc.com