Nobel peace prize 2024 live: winner due to be announced in Oslo

The announcement from the Nobel Institute is expected at 11am CEST (10am BST)According to the Uppsala Conflict Data Programme, there were 59 armed conflicts in the world in 2023, almost double the number in 2009. Some experts have said that could be a reason not to award a this year.The committee has decided not to award the prize 19 times in its 123-year existence, but has said this year that the large number of conflicts this year may make rewarding peace efforts “perhaps more important than ever”. Continue reading...

Nobel peace prize 2024 live: winner due to be announced in Oslo

The announcement from the Nobel Institute is expected at 11am CEST (10am BST)

According to the Uppsala Conflict Data Programme, there were 59 armed conflicts in the world in 2023, almost double the number in 2009. Some experts have said that could be a reason not to award a this year.

The committee has decided not to award the prize 19 times in its 123-year existence, but has said this year that the large number of conflicts this year may make rewarding peace efforts “perhaps more important than ever”. Continue reading...