Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos wins the Nobel Prize in Peace

Oslo, Oct 7: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos was on Friday awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for concluding a historic Peace Agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army (FARC-EP) to bring to an end a 50-year-long civil war in the South American nation.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded the prize "for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end".

In which more than 220,000 Colombians died and close to six million were displaced, the official website of the Nobel Prize cited a statement as saying.

BREAKING NEWS The 2016 #NobelPrize #Peace is awarded to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos pic.twitter.com/7OhiCruc1o

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 7, 2016

"The award should also be seen as a tribute to the Colombian people who ... have not given up hope of a just peace ..." #NobelPrize #Peace

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 7, 2016

2016 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. Photo from 2010 @creativecommons pic.twitter.com/IHEEt2nFLb

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 7, 2016

Does this year's prize encourage a process more than a result, since a slim majority of Colombians voted no? https://t.co/bRsEAMJS49

— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 7, 2016

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