Abiy Ahmed Wins Nobel Peace Prize

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The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize winner is Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. This is how he rose to lead his nation and quickly foster peace with Eritrea, ending 20 years of conflict.

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00:00Thank you for listening.

01:00Women are now occupying key government positions, including the Minister of Defence, the Minister

01:29of Trade, the Minister of Transport, and the newly established Minister of Peace.

01:38We have achieved gender parity in our cabinet.

01:41Ethiopia is a great country, and we are proud to be a part of it.

01:59I would like to congratulate Ethiopia on this great achievement.

02:11We are working tirelessly to fulfill the constitutional promise of building a democratic and pluralistic

02:22political order based on our first pillar, a vibrant democracy.

02:30Guided by this principle, we have acted quickly and decisively.

02:35In the past nine months alone, we have released all political prisoners in the thousands.

02:43We have also invited individuals and groups based on abroad to return home and join us

02:51in a spirit of positive-some, not zero-some politics.

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