(FILES) In this file photo taken on October 30, 2018, German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) welcomes Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali (L) before the "Compact with Africa" conference on trade, aid and diplomacy at the Chancellery in Berlin. - Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to resolve his country's conflict with bitter foe Eritrea, the Nobel Committee said, as announced at the Nobel Institute in Oslo on October 11, 2019. (Photo by Tobias SCHWARZ / AFP)