Tunisian democracy group collects Nobel Peace Prize
Tunisia’s Nobel Peace Prize winners have set a global example that conflict can be avoided though dialogue and tolerance. The Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet received the prize yesterday. Nobel committee chairperson Kaci Kullmann Five said the Quartet helped pull the country back from civil war in 2013.
It is credited with creating a dialogue between the country’s Islamist and secular coalition parties. The Quartet, made up of the country’s key labour, legal, human rights and business organisations, was formed in 2013 at a time when the revolution that overthrew President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in 2011 appeared to be unravelling.
Trade unionist Hassine Abassi, lawyer Mohamed Fadhel Mahfoudh, human rights activist Abdessatar Ben Moussa and business representative Ouided Bouchamaoui collected the award at a ceremony in Norway’s capital, Oslo.
Argentina’s new President Mauricio Macri vows to unite nation
Argentina, Mauricio Macri has been sworn in as new President, vowing to unite the nation and revive the economy.
The centre-right Mr Macri took the oath of office in Congress but his inauguration was boycotted by his predecessor, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, in a row over the venue.
This is the first time since the end of the military dictatorship in 1983 that a President has not attended the inauguration of a successor.
In his inaugural speech, Mr Macri vowed to tackle corruption, poverty and drug trafficking. He also pledged team work and an end to confrontation in politics.
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