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Nobel peace laureate

Nobel peace prize shines light on rape in conflict

By AFP

The Norwegian Nobel Committee in October said the prize was for "for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict".

  • Members of the Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize comitee (Up L-R) Anne Enger, Thorbjorn Jagland, Henrik Syse, Asle Toje and Berit Reiss-Andersen pose beside Nobel Peace Prize laureates (Bottom L-R) Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi activist Nadia Murad at a press conference on 9 December 2018 in Oslo on the eve of the Peace Prize ceremony. Picture: AFP.

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  • FILE: The wind lifts the skull cap of Pope Francis as he addresses the crowd during his general audience at St Peter's square on 10 December, 2014 at the Vatican. Picture: AFP.

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    2807 days ago
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    All set for Global Youth Peace Indaba

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    2875 days ago
  • Pakistani student Malala Yousafzai speaks before the United Nations Youth Assembly on 12 July 2013 at UN headquarters in New York. Picture: AFP

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    3239 days ago
  • Malala Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen for campaigning for the right to an education, sits with her family in hospital. Picture: AFP

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    3454 days ago
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