2019 Nobel Peace Prize

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox award

| name = 20px 2019 Nobel Peace Prize

| subheader = Abiy Ahmed

| awarded_for =

| presenter = Norwegian Nobel Committee

| year = 1901

| website = {{oweb|https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2019/summary/}}

| image = Abiy Ahmed with LI Yong 2018 (cropped).jpeg

| caption = "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea."

| host =

| date = {{plainlist|

• {{Start date|2019|10|11|df=yes}} (announcement by Berit Reiss-Andersen)
• 10 December 2019
  (ceremony)

}}

| location = Oslo, Norway

| reward = 9.0 million SEK (000 €)

| previous = 2018

| main = Nobel Peace Prize

| next = 2020

}}

The 2019 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the prime minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed (born 1976) "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea."{{cite web |title=The Nobel Peace Prize 2019 |url=https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/Announcements/The-Nobel-Peace-Prize-2019 |website=The Nobel Peace Prize |date=11 October 2019 |access-date=11 October 2019 |archive-date=12 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191012204351/https://www.nobelpeaceprize.org/Announcements/The-Nobel-Peace-Prize-2019 |url-status=dead }} The award was announced by the Norwegian Nobel Committee on 11 October 2019.

One year after Abiy received the prize, he presided over the outbreak of the Tigray War, which saw hundreds of thousands of casualties and led to the displacement of more than 800,000 persons.{{cite web | url=https://reliefweb.int/report/ethiopia/unicef-ethiopia-humanitarian-situation-report-no-9-september-2022 | title=UNICEF Ethiopia Humanitarian Situation Report No. 9 - September 2022 - Ethiopia | ReliefWeb | date=29 October 2022 }} In response to the outbreak of hostilities, the Norwegian Nobel Committee released a statement in January 2022 which called the humanitarian situation "extremely serious"; said the lack of delivery of humanitarian aid to Tigray was "unacceptable"; and observed that "As Prime Minister and a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, Abiy Ahmed has a special responsibility to end the conflict and help to create peace."{{cite web | url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/2019/statement/ | title=The Nobel Peace Prize 2019 }}

Since Abiy was awarded the prize, his leadership during Tigray War has been characterized by media organizations such as The Guardian, Der Spiegel, NPR, and CNN as genocidal.{{Cite news |date=2021-06-07 |title=The Nobel committee should resign over the atrocities in Tigray |url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/jun/07/the-nobel-committee-should-resign-over-the-atrocities-in-tigray |access-date=2024-02-22 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}{{Cite web |last=Mackintosh |first=Eliza |date=2021-11-03 |title=Ethiopia is at war with itself. Here's what you need to know about the conflict |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/03/africa/ethiopia-tigray-explainer-2-intl/index.html |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=CNN |language=en}}{{Cite news |last=Schaap |first=Fritz |date=2021-10-28 |title=Ethiopia's Chosen One: A Brutal War Waged By a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate |url=https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/ethiopia-s-chosen-one-a-brutal-war-waged-by-a-nobel-peace-prize-laureate-a-d2f4d03e-90e4-49a4-918b-96d4543f722b |access-date=2024-02-22 |work=Der Spiegel |language=en |issn=2195-1349}}{{Cite web |last=Abdelfatah |first=Rund |date=2023-07-23 |title=The Hidden War |url=https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1190018372 |archive-date= |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=NPR}}