Meet the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize winning Tunisian Democracy Group
October 11, 2015
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The winner of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize has been announced, and if you haven't heard of the recipient you're not alone. The winner is the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet, a consortium of groups which has worked to improve life in Tunisia following political unrest.
Christopher B. Nelson of Forbes explains:
Nobel Peace Prize Winner Is A Refreshing Surprise It was announced on Friday that the Nobel Peace Prize would go to the Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet “for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011.” The world’s first immediate reaction seemed to be, “Who?” Historians and bookies alike were placing their bets on big names like German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Pope Francis, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and U.S. privacy activist Edward Snowden. A peace-making coalition in Tunisia certainly didn’t appear to cross many minds...