On October 11, 2019 (September 13, 2019 in the lunar calendar), Abi Ahmed won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. According to the latest news from the official Nobel Prize website, at about 17:00 Beijing time on October 11, 2019, the Norway Nobel Committee announced that it would award the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abi Ahmed Ali in recognition of his efforts for peace and international cooperation, especially his decisive action to resolve the border conflict with neighboring Eritrea. Reason for the award: The Nobel Committee stated that Abi worked closely with the President of Eritrea to sign a peace agreement (in 2018), making efforts to end the long-standing deadlock between Ethiopia and Eritrea. In addition, Abi's important domestic reforms have also given many citizens hope for a better life and a brighter future. As Prime Minister, Abi has always been committed to promoting reconciliation, unity and social justice. The Nobel Committee believes that Abbey's efforts should be recognized and need to be encouraged. The committee hopes that the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize will encourage Abi to make more efforts for peace and reconciliation. Winners will receive certificates, gold medals and bonuses. The gold medal has Nobel's head on the front and an inscription on the back, meaning "For the peace and friendship of mankind." The prize for this year's Nobel Prize is 9 million Swedish kronor (approximately 6.5 million yuan). The transformation of relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea is a historic event. Since a large-scale war broke out in 1998, relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea have been deadlocked and friction has continued over issues such as border demarcation. It was not until 20 years later that everything finally took a turn. On September 16, 2018, the leaders of Egypt and Eritrea signed a peace agreement in the Saudi Red Sea coast city of Jeddah. Earlier, on September 11, the two countries reopened border crossings. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abi Ahmed announced on the same day that troops from the two countries would withdraw from their respective borders. On June 5, 2018, Ethiopia announced that it would fully accept and fully implement the Algiers Peace Agreement reached with Eritrea in 2000 and the resolution of the Ethiopia-Eritrea Boundary Commission on the delineation of the border between the two countries. Two weeks later, Eritrea not only accepted Ethiopia's peace proposal, but also sent a delegation headed by Eritrea's Foreign Minister to visit Ethiopia, starting a "ice-melting journey." A month later, the leaders of the two countries held a historic meeting in Asmara, the capital of Eritrea. The two sides signed a joint statement of peace and friendship, reopened the embassy, restarted transportation, trade, and communications connectivity, and many families divided by the conflict between the two sides were reunited. Background of the Nobel Peace Prize: The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes founded by Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel. The award committee for the Peace Prize is a five-member Norway Nobel Committee, with members appointed by the Norway Parliament. According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize should be awarded to "those who have made the greatest efforts or made the greatest contributions to promoting national unity and friendship, abolishing or reducing the standing army, and the organization and publicity of the Peace Conference." However, the selection committee gradually broadened the scope covered by the Peace Prize. According to information on the Nobel official website, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded 99 times since 1901. During the years 1914 to 1916, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1939 to 1943, 1948, 1955 to 1956, 1966 to 1967 and 1972, the Nobel Peace Prize was suspended 19 times due to wartime or lack of suitable candidates. The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to only one recipient 67 times, shared by two recipients 30 times, and shared by three recipients 2 times. As of 2018, the Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to 106 winners and 24 award-winning organizations (the International Red Cross won three awards in 1917, 1944 and 1963, and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees won two awards in 1954 and 1982). Among the 106 winners, 17 are women. Previously, USA Today reported that according to data from the Nobel Institute, there are 301 candidates for this year's Nobel Prize, of which 223 are individuals and 78 are organizations. The list of nominees will not be "decrypted" until 50 years after the award was awarded. However, some media speculated that some of the front-runners will be strong candidates for this year's Nobel Peace Prize. Gambling websites such as Ladbrokes in the UK regard Sweden's 16-year-old environmental fighter Greta Thunberg as the best candidate to win the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. However, this idea is not favored by experts. There is also Jacinda Ardern, the 40th Prime Minister of New Zealand. In March this year, after shootings occurred in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, causing large numbers of casualties, Arden promised to amend New Zealand's current gun management laws to ban the sale of semi-automatic rifles. Ethiopian Prime Minister Abi, who eventually won this year's Nobel Peace Prize, was previously regarded by the outside world as a strong candidate for the award. At the same time, many national leaders have also expressed interest in this award. At the beginning of this year, U.S. President Trump said that Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe suggested that the Nobel Peace Prize Review Committee award Trump the Nobel Peace Prize in recognition of his start of dialogue with North Korea and the promotion of denuclearization on the peninsula; In September this year, Trump said during bilateral talks with Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan that he should win the Nobel Peace Prize "on many things," but he complained that the award committee was unfair and couldn't even understand the former president "why Obama won the prize." In 2017, Shinzo Abe also "confidently" planned to achieve the "great cause of amending the constitution" during his term of office, and strive to win the Nobel Peace Prize by promoting the signing of a peace treaty with Russia and resolving disputed territorial issues. The 2015 Peace Prize awarded by Nobel Peace Prize winners in recent years was awarded to the "Quadrilateral Group of the Tunisian National Dialogue" established in 2013 to encourage the "Quadrilateral Group of the Tunisian National Dialogue", composed of four Tunisian civil society organizations, to contribute to the establishment of pluralistic democracy and stability. The contribution made by regional peace has played a key role in Tunisia avoiding chaos in Afghanistan. The 2016 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Colombia President Santos in recognition of his efforts to end the country's more than 50-year civil war. The 2017 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the international non-governmental organization "International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons" in recognition of the organization's commitment to popularizing knowledge of the catastrophe that nuclear weapons have caused to mankind and its efforts to achieve the total elimination of nuclear weapons. The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Congo (DRC) gynecologist Denis Mukweg and Iraq human rights activist Nadia Murad for their efforts to oppose the use of sexual violence in war and armed conflict. Winners will receive certificates, gold medals and bonuses. The gold medal has Nobel's head on the front and an inscription on the back, meaning "For the peace and friendship of mankind." The prize for this year's Nobel Prize is 9 million Swedish kronor (approximately 6.5 million yuan).