restored relations in july of last year after years of hostility mr abbott took over as prime minister early in $28.00. abbi ahmed has only been in office for a year and a half but his push for peace and democracy in that short time impressed the nobel committee. even if much work remains are b r has initiated important reforms that give many citizens hope for a better life and the brighter future. abby was awarded for the reconciliation he forged with eritrea the 2 neighbors when boiled in a longstanding border conflict. after a war in the late 1990 s. killed an estimated 70000 people they failed to implement a peace deal. but within months of taking office abby met with every trace president 1st summit where they signed
a historic peace agreement. it was a moment ethiopians and eritreans had been waiting for for decades the critics say there has been little progress since then on key goals such as economic cooperation . they know that our committee also recognized abbey for implementing democratic reforms when jiminy theo peons respect. he did a lot for example releasing prisoners and granting freedom to people. in only one year he has brought so much change hamby is the one who made freedom of speech possible for ethiopians. even outside of ethiopia he has a great vision for all africans he believes in peace democracy and equality he s one of the best leaders for africa right now. abby was praised for mediating in other regional conflicts like here in sudan the committee set the prize was
a tweet today the prime minister expressed his gratitude to all those working for peace and he wrote that the award is for ethiopia and the african continent saying we shall prosper in peace. the aftermath has only been ethiopia s prime minister for 18 months but the nobel committee was impressed by his push for peace and democracy in that time. even if much work remains are they are with has initiated important reforms that give many citizens hope for a better life and a brighter future at his greatest achievement is the peace deal he orchestrated between ethiopia and neighboring eritrea in 2018 following a longstanding border conflict war had broken out in 1908 and officially ended in 2000 tens of thousands of people were killed and it was 20 years before peace was finally agreed within months of taking office as he met with eritrea as president
september washington and riyadh to blame that attack on iran. iran meanwhile says 2 missiles have struck one of its oil tankers off the coast of saudi arabia near the city of jeddah but no injuries have been reported but iranian state television says the explosion caused an oil leak into the red sea saudi arabia has not commented on the needs of. women in the trump impeachment inquiry former u.s. ambassador to ukraine maria your one of it your van of it has arrived at the capitol to testify in may president trump ordered that she be recalled from her post reportedly because she was blocking efforts to pressuring ukraine into investigating joe biden the president has previously described mr van of bad news. of some good news if you here s a prime minister abu ahmed has been awarded the nobel peace prize for 2019 for his work to resolve the border conflict with neighboring eritrea the 2 countries
for 2019. if the opium try minister i ll be ahmed ali. that was today s announcement of the nobel peace prize awarded to ethiopian prime minister abi made for his work to resolving the border conflict with neighboring eritrea it was up against around $300.00 dominic s he was praised for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation since being elected prime minister in early $28.00 team the norwegian nobel committee made the announcement. earlier this week nobel prizes in the fields of medicine physics chemistry and literature were also. abi ahmed has only been in office for a year and a half but his push for peace and democracy in that short time impressed the nobel committee. even if much work remains they are has