CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed poses for the media after receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway, on Dec. 10, 2019. The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Thursday issued a very rare admonition to Abiy over the war and humanitarian crisis in his country’s Tigray region.

Detailed explanation-2: -Pope Francis, British nature broadcaster David Attenborough, the World Health Organization and Belarusian dissident Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya are among the nominees for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize after being backed by Norwegian lawmakers who have a track record of picking the winner.

Detailed explanation-3: -He won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize for his work in ending the 20-year post-war territorial stalemate between Ethiopia and Eritrea. Abiy was the third chairman of the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) that governed Ethiopia for 28 years and the first Oromo in that position.

Detailed explanation-4: -The peace initiatives that Abiy Ahmed introduced and for which he received the Nobel Peace Prize sprang from his contribution to the peace agreement with Eritrea and his broad political initiatives for democracy and expanded civil rights.