Congolese Denis Mukwege, Iraq's Yazidi activist Nadia Murad win 2018 Nobel Peace Prize

October 05 2018 12:17:58

Congolese Denis Mukwege, Iraq's Yazidi activist Nadia Murad win 2018 Nobel Peace Prize

OSLO - Reuters

Denis Mukwege, a gynecologist treating victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi human rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by Islamic State in Iraq, won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Oct. 5.

The prize, worth nine million Swedish crowns ($1 million), will be presented in Oslo on Dec. 10.

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