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The Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen, announces that the Nobel Peace Prize 2019 goes to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali "for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation", and "his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea". SOUNDBITE
After US President Donald Trump said that he believes he deserves the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize, Abiy Ahmed, the winner and Ethiopian Prime Minister replied: "If Donald Trump wants to complain, he should go to Oslo, not Ethiopia". SOUNDBITE
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed arrives in Berlin and is greeted by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz. Several leaders of African countries are due in the German capital to take part in the G20's 'Compact with Africa' conference. IMAGES
French president Emmanuel Macron welcomes Senegalese President Macky Sall, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, to the Elysee Palace on the sidelines of the summit that brought together some forty heads of state and government for two days in Paris. IMAGES
Nobel Peace Prize laureates and champions of press freedom Maria Ressa and Dimitry Muratov greet a crowd from the balcony of the Grand Hotel in Oslo. IMAGES
Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed says his government "had every right" to deploy state forces to the restive northern region of Tigray, whose ruling party Abiy blames for instigating a conflict many fear could spiral into a protracted civil war. SOUNDBITE
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