Nobel Peace Prize 2016: Colombia's Santos named winner

Kurzweil · 2016-10-07T09:21:11+00:00

Rais wa Colombia Juan Manuel Santos ameshinda Tuzo ya Amani ya Nobel ya mwaka 2016 licha ya kuvunjika kwa mkataba wake wa kusitisha vita na waasi wa Farc nchini humo. Rais Santos aligongwa vichwa vya habari baada ya kufanikiwa kupata makubaliano ya amani na waasi hao jambo ambalo lilifikisha kikomo vita vilivyodumu kwa karibu miaka hamsini. Mkataba huo ulitiwa saini na Bw Santos na kiongozi wa waasi hao kamanda Rodrigo Londono, anayejulikana vyema kwa jina Timochenko mjini Cartagena tarehe 27 Septemba. "Colombia inasherehekea, ulimwengu unasherehekea kwa sasa kuna vita vimemalizika duniani," alisema wakati huo. "Tutatimiza malengo yote, tutazidi nguvu changamoto zote na kugeuza nchi hii kuwa taifa ambalo tumekuwa tukitaka liwe, taifa la amani." Watu 260,000 waliuawa kwenye vita hivyo na wengine milioni sita kuachwa bila makao. Mapatano hayo na kundi la waasi la Farc yalikataliwa na raia katika kura ya maoni iliyoandaliwa Oktoba 2. ====== Colombian president fought off stiff competition from record 376 nominations for one of world's most prestigious prizes. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos won the Nobel Peace Prize in a competitive year with a record 376 candidates vying for the award. The five-member Norwegian committee announced its decision on Friday, the only one of six Nobel awards to be presented in Oslo and the one which traditionally garners the greatest attention. The prestigious prize was wide open this year, according to experts, with varying predictions on what the judges would decide. Of the 376 candidates, 228 were individuals and 148 were organisations. The previous record was set in 2014, with 278 nominations. Santos beat competition from individuals and groups including: Pope Francis; The Syrian White Helmets; German Chancellor Angela Merkel; doctor Denis Mukwege, Jean Nacatche Banyere, Jeannette Kahindo Bindu - a DRC group working with survivors of sexual violence; Russian activist Svetlana Gannushkina; the people who negotiated the Iranian nuclear deal; whistleblower Edward Snowden; and Greek islanders who work to help refugees when they arrive from perilous journeys across the Mediterranean. Underlining the difficulty of predicting the winner, last year's prize went to four Tunisian groups who were instrumental in the country's transition to democracy - none of whom had been mentioned in any of the pre-announcement speculation. Santos joins a list of 129 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates including US President Theodore Roosevelt; three-time recipient International Committee of the Red Cross; US civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr; South African President Nelson Mandela and Yemeni activist Tawakkul Karman. The prize was first awarded in 1901. Source: Al Jazeera

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Start date Oct 7, 2016

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Oct 7, 2016

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