Some will remember FW de Klerk as the last white South African president who played a primary role in ending apartheid, while others will remember him simply as the last white minority leader to preside over apartheid and the violence that upheld it.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai called on the leaders of Muslim nations to make it clear to the Taliban that 'religion does not justify preventing girls from going to school'.
The Nobel Peace Prize was on Friday awarded to journalists Maria Ressa (Philippines) and Dmitry Muratov (Russia) 'for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace'.
The highlight of the Nobel season, the prestigious peace prize always elicits a flurry of speculation. But predicting the winner is a giant guessing game.
In an April speech Abiy Ahmed told supporters, in his trademark folksy language, that while Ethiopia might seem riven by crises, the real problem was one of perception.
The multi-year partnership would "draw on her ability to inspire people around the world", the company said in a statement, adding that content would also include animation and children's series.
The total of 329 falls short of the record set in 2016, when the institute was faced with 376 nominations.
Cabinet approved the suggestion by President Cyril Ramaphosa to nominate the Cuban doctors who helped South Africa in the fight against COVID-19 the last few months.
President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation on 1 February 2021 on government's latest efforts to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. He also announced the proposal by the South African Cabinet to nominate the Cuban medical brigade for the Nobel Peace Prize, for their part in fighting the coronavirus.
Founded in the United States in 2013, the movement received an impetus in May after George Floyd died. A white policeman had knelt on Floyd's neck for eight minutes ignoring Floyd's pleas that he couldn't breathe.
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 unveiling the winner in Oslo.
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 has been awarded to the UN World Food Programme for its efforts in fighting hunger.
Beautification sites in Addis Ababa are "representations of how fast we can engage in projects, turn them around and deliver them for public utilisation".
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.
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.
He was an architect of the 1998 Good Friday peace agreement, which largely ended three decades of violence that killed 3,500 people.
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.
By Dr Jack & Curtis.
