Houcine Abassi awarded Germany's Africa Prize 2015

This year's German Africa Prize, awarded by Germany's Deutsche Afrika Stiftung goes to Houcine Abassi, Tunisian union leader and "the father of national dialogue". Four Tunisian organisations were joint winners of the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize, including the "Union Generale Tunisienne du Travail", of which Abbassi is the secretary-general.