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Nobel Peace Prize for Colombia's Juan Manuel Santos Nobel Peace Prize for Colombia's Juan Manuel Santos
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Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end the 52-year conflict with left-wing rebels.
Judges in Norway praised him for his peace deal with Farc rebels, signed last month after four years of negotiations. The Nobel committee in Norway praised him for his peace agreement with Farc rebels, signed last month after four years of negotiations.
But the agreement was narrowly rejected by Colombians in a referendum last weekend. However, Colombians narrowly rejected the deal in a referendum last weekend.
The 52-year conflict has led to the deaths of an estimated 260,000 people with more than six million people internally displaced. The conflict has killed about 260,000 people have been killed. More than six million have been internally displaced.
This breaking news story is being updated and more details will be published shortly. Please refresh the page for the fullest version. "The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2016 to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end," said committee chairwoman Kaci Kullmann Five.
If you want to receive Breaking News alerts via email, or on a smartphone or tablet via the BBC News App then details on how to do so are available on this help page. You can also follow @BBCBreaking on Twitter to get the latest alerts. "The award should also be seen as a tribute to the Colombian people," she added.
Juan Manuel Santos
Sources: BBC Monitoring, Colombian presidency
The peace deal was rejected by 50.2% of voters who went to the polls on 2 October. Despite the result, Mr Santos vowed to continue with talks with the rebels.
Government negotiators have already returned to the Cuban capital Havana for further discussions with Farc leaders.
Critics, led by former president Alvaro Uribe, said the deal was too lenient to the rebels.