This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos “for his resolute efforts” to bring the country’s more than 50-year-long civil war to an end, the Nobel Committee has announced in Norway’s capital, Oslo.
Manuel Santos received the renowned prize for strenghthenning a peace accord with FARC rebels back in September this year. However, in a gripping turn of events, the deal in a national referendum was eventually rejected by the Colombians.
Wefornews bureau
