This year’s Hessian Peace Prize, which is awarded by the federal State of Hessen in Germany, went to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, according to Ethiopian Embassy in Germany.
The prize is the culmination of the things the Prime Minister did in the short time since taking office in April 2018. In his first year in office, Prime Minister Abiy released dissidents, fired corrupt officials, and sealed a historic reconciliation. For this, he now receives the Hessian Peace Prize.
The Premier has become the hopeful, especially through the conclusion of a peace treaty with the neighboring country of Eritrea. For 20 years, the two states had been at a state of no war no peace. Domestically, he initiated political and economic reforms in the multi-ethnic nation of 105 million people. Source:EPA