I don't have any clue about the criteria, how the Nobel committee selects an individual for the prize.

Covid-19 teaches us that we are all global citizens connected by a single virus that recognises none of our natural or man-made diversity: not the colour of our skin, nor our passports, or the gods we worship.

I believed peace between Ethiopia and Eritrea was within reach.

Well the message I have for everyone working on peace, is that bringing results on peace can be easily entrained passively.

Ethiopia has made steady progress in the provision of health services over the past two decades. But nothing has prepared us for threats posed by Covid-19.

I was a young soldier when war broke out between Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Health is a worldwide public good. It requires global action guided by a sense of global solidarity.

War is the epitome of hell for all involved. I know because I have been there and back.

I have done so many great things compared to many leaders. But I didn't do 1 per cent of what I am dreaming.

Our lifestyle is deeply communal, with extended families traditionally sharing the burdens and bounties of life together, eating meals from the same plate.