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Jimmy Carter Worked Tirelessly for Peace and Democracy, Nobel Committee Says

A handout photo made available by the Jimmy Carter Library shows US President Jimmy Carter making a telephone call from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 07 August 1980 (reissued 29 December 2024). (EPA / White House Photographer / Jimmy Carter Library / Handout)
A handout photo made available by the Jimmy Carter Library shows US President Jimmy Carter making a telephone call from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 07 August 1980 (reissued 29 December 2024). (EPA / White House Photographer / Jimmy Carter Library / Handout)
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Jimmy Carter Worked Tirelessly for Peace and Democracy, Nobel Committee Says

A handout photo made available by the Jimmy Carter Library shows US President Jimmy Carter making a telephone call from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 07 August 1980 (reissued 29 December 2024). (EPA / White House Photographer / Jimmy Carter Library / Handout)
A handout photo made available by the Jimmy Carter Library shows US President Jimmy Carter making a telephone call from the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC, USA, 07 August 1980 (reissued 29 December 2024). (EPA / White House Photographer / Jimmy Carter Library / Handout)

Former US President Jimmy Carter should be praised for his "decades of untiring effort" to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts and to advance democracy and human rights, the body awarding the Nobel Peace Prize said on Monday.

Carter, who was president of the United States from 1977 to 1981, died on Sunday at age 100.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee usually refrains from commenting on the deaths of Nobel Peace Prize laureates. The last time it did so was in 2017 when Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo died in detention.

On Monday, the committee reiterated its praise of Carter citing the citation of the award the US leader received in 2002.

"Upon the death of former US President Jimmy Carter, the Norwegian Nobel Committee would like to repeat its praise for his 'decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development'," the committee told Reuters.

It added: "Earlier this fall, the Committee had the pleasure of congratulating him on his 100th anniversary, stating that his work in favor of peace, democracy and human rights will be remembered for another 100 years or more."

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Series of Ethiopia Earthquakes Trigger Evacuations

People view a truck that fell off the Gelan Bridge as it was returning from a wedding ceremony in the southern Sidama region of Ethiopia, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Str)
People view a truck that fell off the Gelan Bridge as it was returning from a wedding ceremony in the southern Sidama region of Ethiopia, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Str)
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Series of Ethiopia Earthquakes Trigger Evacuations

People view a truck that fell off the Gelan Bridge as it was returning from a wedding ceremony in the southern Sidama region of Ethiopia, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Str)
People view a truck that fell off the Gelan Bridge as it was returning from a wedding ceremony in the southern Sidama region of Ethiopia, Monday, Dec. 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Str)

Evacuations were underway in Ethiopia Saturday after a series of earthquakes, the strongest of which, a 5.8-magnitude jolt, rocked the remote north of the Horn of Africa nation.

The quakes were centered on the largely rural Afar, Oromia and Amhara regions after months of intense seismic activity, AFP reported.

No casualties have been reported so far.

Ethiopia's government Communication Service said around 80,000 people were living in the affected regions and the most vulnerable were being moved to temporary shelters.

"The earthquakes are increasing in terms of magnitude and recurrences," it said in a statement, adding that experts had been dispatched to assess the damage.

The Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Commission said 20,573 people had been evacuated to safer areas in Afar and Oromia, from a tally of over 51,000 "vulnerable" people.

Plans were underway to move more than 8,000 people in Oromia "in the coming days", the agency said in a statement.

The latest shallow 4.7 magnitude quake hit just before 12:40 pm (0940 GMT) about 33 kilometers north of Metehara town in Oromia, according to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre.

The earthquakes have damaged houses and threatened to trigger a volcanic eruption of the previously dormant Mount Dofan, near Segento in the northeast Afar region.

The crater has stopped releasing plumes of smoke, but nearby residents have left their homes in panic.

Earthquakes are common in Ethiopia due to its location along the Great Rift Valley, one of the world's most seismically active areas.

Experts have said the tremors and eruptions are being caused by the expansion of tectonic plates under the Great Rift Valley.