Colombia leader Santos wins Nobel Prize

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos (L) and Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro light a peace flame during a nationwide march for the country’s peace and the victims of war in Bogota on April 9, 2015. Santos has won the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end a 52-year-old war with Marxist rebels. (PHOTO: FILE/ REUTERS)

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos has won the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end a 52-year-old war with Marxist rebels, a surprise choice and a show of support after Colombians rejected a peace accord last Sunday.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee yesterday said Santos had brought one of the longest civil wars in modern history significantly closer to a peaceful solution, but there was still a danger the peace process could collapse.