Nobel peace prize
World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize
The WFP was "a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict", Nobel committee chairwoman Berit Reiss-Andersen said on...
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UN World Food Programme wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 has been awarded to the UN World Food Programme for its efforts in fighting hunger.
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A year after winning the Nobel Peace Prize, Abiy beautifies a divided Ethiopia
Beautification sites in Addis Ababa are "representations of how fast we can engage in projects, turn them around and deliver them for public utilisation".
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Wars, rows and scandals: When the Nobels didn't go as planned
The Oslo ceremony for the peace prize, held on the same day, will meanwhile go ahead on a smaller scale, and that banquet has also been cancelled.
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Norwegian lawmaker nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize
Christian Tybring-Gjedde, who nominated Trump for the 2019 award for his diplomatic efforts with North Korea, said he also nominated him this year because of the US troop withdrawal from Iraq.
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Nobel laureate John Hume laid to rest in N.Ireland
He was an architect of the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement, which largely ended three decades of violence that killed 3,500 people.
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‘De Klerk must hand back the Nobel Prize’ – Stratcom’s Erasmus
He has written a book, Confessions of a Stratcom Hitman, in which he reveals the details of his role as a propagandist who created fake news against influential political leaders like Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
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CARTOON: Nobel Oblige, FW!
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FW de Klerk's Nobel Peace Prize can't be revoked. Here's why
The renewed calls for the revocation came at the 2020 State of the Nation Address when the EFF called for De Klerk to be removed from the National Assembly, as he was - in their words - 'a murderer with blood on his hands'.
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Greta Thunberg nominated for Nobel Peace Prize by Swedish MPs
In just over a year, the climate activist, who suffers from a form of autism called Asperger's, has become the voice of a generation haunted by the climate crisis.
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Ethiopia PM collects Nobel Peace Prize, urges unity against hatred
Abiy, 43, won the Nobel for his efforts to resolve the long-running conflict with Eritrea.
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Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, who made peace with bitter foe Eritrea, has been awarded the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize.
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14 women out of 114 Nobel Literature Prize laureates
The names of the 2018 and 2019 laureates will be revealed on Thursday, 10 October, in Stockholm.
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Odds favour Greta Thunberg for Peace Prize, but experts sceptical
Online betting sites like Ladbrokes now put her as favourite to win what is perhaps the world's most prestigious prize.
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Nobel buzz for Greta and literature duo
Odds from bookmakers such as Ladbrokes indicate the 16-year-old activist is the one to beat for the Nobel Peace Prize after she launched a school strike that inspired millions to join her 'Fridays for Future' movement.
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Teen climate campaigner Greta Thunberg (16) nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
The Swedish schoolgirl climate campaigner has inspired worldwide protests, striking a chord with younger people disillusioned by the slow progress of the adult world in halting climate change.
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Japan PM nominated Trump for Nobel after US request - report
Washington sounded out Tokyo over the possibility of nominating Trump for the prize after his landmark summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un in June 2018.
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Nobel Peace prize laureate Mukwege worried Congo vote could lead to war
Mukwege will jointly receive the 2018 prize in Oslo for his work as a doctor who helps victims of sexual violence in the eastern Congo city of Bukavu.
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Joint Nobel Peace Prize winners dedicate prize to addressing war rapes
Yazidi youth activist Nadia Murad and gynaecologist Denis Mukwege have dedicated their prizes of R16 million each to address this evil.
