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  • FILE: Nelson Mandela, African National Congress (ANC) President (left) and South Africa's last apartheid President Frederik de Klerk (right), shake hands on 10 December 1993 in Oslo after being awarded the Nobel Peace Prizes. Picture: AFP

    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'.

    820 days ago
  • FILE: Climate activist Greta Thunberg at the World Economic Forum in Davos on 21 January 2020. Picture: World Economic Forum/Sandra Blaser

    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.

    838 days ago
  • Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Picture: @Dr_abiy/Twitter

    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.

    889 days ago
  • FILE: Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed. Picture: AFP

    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.

    949 days ago
  • FILE: The old Stock Exchange Building, home of the Swedish Academy in Stockholm. The Swedish Academy, a council of authors and linguists tasked with furthering the Swedish language, is responsible for awarding the Nobel Prize for literature. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    951 days ago
  • FILE: Teen activist Greta Thunberg poses for a picture after an interview ahead of the Global Climate Strike march on 20 September 2019 in New York City. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    951 days ago
  • Teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg. Picture: @GretaThunberg/Twitter.

    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.

    957 days ago
  • Greta Thunberg. Picture: Twitter/Greta Thunberg

    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.

    1159 days ago
  • FILE: US President Donald Trump. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    1185 days ago
  • Joint 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege. Picture: Panzi Hospital

    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.

    1253 days ago
  • Yazidi youth activist Nadia Murad and gynaecologist Denis Mukwege. Picture: @DenisMukwege/Twitter.

    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.

    1254 days ago
  • Denis Mukwege. Picture: Panzi Hospital

    Nobel peace prize shines light on rape in conflict

    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".

    1255 days ago
  • 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.

    Nobel laureates challenge world to end sexual violence

    Yazidi activist Murad and Congolese doctor Mukwege will be jointly presented with the prize in Oslo on Monday for 'their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict'.

    1255 days ago
  • This combination of file pictures shows Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege (October 2016 in Paris) and Nadia Murad, public advocate for the Yazidi community in Iraq and survivor of sexual enslavement by the Islamic State jihadists (June 2016 in Washington, DC). Picture: AFP

    [OPINION] Sexual violence as weapon of war: Why Nobel Prize for Peace matters

    Forms of conflict-related sexual violence include – but are not limited to – rape, forced pregnancy, slavery and torture.

    1257 days ago
  • This combination of file pictures shows Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege (October 2016 in Paris) and Nadia Murad, public advocate for the Yazidi community in Iraq and survivor of sexual enslavement by the Islamic State jihadists (June 2016 in Washington, DC). Picture: AFP

    Nobel Peace Prize to honour champions of struggle against sexual violence

    Murad and Mukwege will be jointly presented with the prize in Oslo after they were announced as winners by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in October.

    1258 days ago
  • FILE: Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad. Picture: AFP

    Nobel peace prize winner wants IS jihadists to face trial

    Murad was one of thousands of young women from the Yazidi religious minority who were kidnapped by IS in Iraq four years ago and held in sexual slavery, but was able to escape.

    1317 days ago
  • This combination of file pictures shows Congolese gynaecologist Denis Mukwege (October 2016 in Paris) and Nadia Murad, public advocate for the Yazidi community in Iraq and survivor of sexual enslavement by the Islamic State jihadists (June 2016 in Washington, DC). Picture: AFP

    [ANALYSIS] Nobel Peace Prize awarded for campaigns against sexual violence

    This year's prize recognises that violence against women has become a weapon of war.

    1317 days ago
  • Denis Mukwege. Picture: Panzi Hospital

    Nobel's Mukwege hears news in surgery as wild cheers erupt

    The peace prize was the first Nobel ever awarded to a Congolese, sparking joy and pride in the biggest country in sub-Saharan Africa.

    1320 days ago
  • FILE: Yazidi human rights activist Nadia Murad. Picture: AFP

    DRC's Mukwege and Yazidi rape victim Murad win Nobel Peace Prize

    The Democratic Republic Congo's Dr Denis Mukwege and Yazidi rape victim Nadia Murad have won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize.

    1320 days ago
  • FILE: The Nobel Peace Prize. Picture AFP

    Nobel peace prize? Many names, few certainties

    Despite the fact the list of candidates is a secret, predictions about who might win are gathering pace.

    1322 days ago
  • Myanmar’s civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi. Picture: United Nations Photo

    Aung San Suu Kyi won’t be stripped of peace prize - Nobel chief

    Lars Heikensten said it made no sense to withdraw awards in reaction to things that happened after they were given.

    1323 days ago
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