Updated 2:31 am CST, Wednesday, December 12, 2018 The Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad from Iraq, gives a speech during the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo Town Hall, Oslo, Monday Dec. 10, 2018. Dr. Denis Mukwege of Congo and Nadia Murad of Iraq jointly receive the Nobel Peace Prize recognising their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict. (Haakon Mosvold Larsen / NTB scanpix via AP, Pool) less The Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad from Iraq, gives a speech during the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony in Oslo Town Hall, Oslo, Monday Dec. 10, 2018. Dr. Denis Mukwege of Congo and Nadia Murad of Iraq jointly ... more Photo: Haakon Mosvold Larsen, AP Photo: Haakon Mosvold Larsen, AP Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 The Peace Prize … [Read more...] about Iraq welcomes Nobel Peace Prize winner Murad
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Who was Kofi Annan? Former UN chief and Nobel Peace Prize winner who died aged 80
GHANAIAN diplomat and former UN chief, Kofi Annan, passed away aged 80 this year. Here, we take a look at the incredible life of the Nobel Peace Prize winner. Who was Kofi Annan? Kofi Annan was born in Kumasi, Ghana, on April 8, 1938. He served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997-December 2005, and was succeeded by Ban Ki-moon. In his earlier life, Annan read economics at Macalester College in Minnesota, before going on to study international relations at the Graduate Institute Geneva. Annan joined the UN in 1962, where he worked for the World Health Organisation in their Geneva office. In addition to his work for the United Nations, Annan was chairman of The Elders, an international organisation founded by Nelson Mandela. Kofi reformed the UN bureaucracy and worked tirelessly to combat HIV internationally, especially in Africa. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2001. Theresa May said as a tribute to him: "Sad to hear of the death of Kofi Annan. … [Read more...] about Who was Kofi Annan? Former UN chief and Nobel Peace Prize winner who died aged 80
Who are Nobel Peace Prize winners Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad and why did they win the award?
THE 2018 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded today to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad. They received their award for their struggle to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon in conflict. Who are Nobel Peace Prize winners Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad? Denis Mukwege is a doctor and gynecologist who has treated thousands of women and girls affected by rape and sexual violence in the unstable Democratic Republic of Congo. Born in Costermansville in Belgian Congo, 63-year-old Mukwege was the third of nine children born to a Pentecostal minister and his wife. He studied medicine at a medical school in Burundi and decided to travel to France to study gynecology after treating female patients suffering pain and genital lesions after giving birth. Through his work, he has earned the moniker "the man who mends women." Nadia Murad, 25, is a Yazidi woman who was held as a sex slave by ISIS. She is a UN goodwill ambassador for the dignity of survivors of human trafficking. Nadia was born in the … [Read more...] about Who are Nobel Peace Prize winners Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad and why did they win the award?
Who was Kofi Annan? Former UN chief and Nobel Peace Prize winner who has died aged 80
GHANAIAN diplomat and former UN chief, Kofi Annan, has passed away aged 80. Here, we take a look at the incredible life of the Nobel Peace Prize winner. Who was Kofi Annan? Kofi Annan was born in Kumasi, Ghana, on April 8, 1938. He served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations from January 1997-December 2005, and was succeeded by Ban Ki-moon. In his earlier life, Annan read economics at Macalester College in Minnesota, before going on to study international relations at the Graduate Institute Geneva. Annan joined the UN in 1962, where he worked for the World Health Organisation in their Geneva office. In addition to his work for the United Nations, Annan was chairman of The Elders, an international organisation founded by Nelson Mandela. Kofi reformed the UN bureaucracy and worked tirelessly to combat HIV internationally, especially in Africa. When did he die? It was announced on the morning of August 18, 2018, that Kofi Annan had died at a hospital in Switzerland. The … [Read more...] about Who was Kofi Annan? Former UN chief and Nobel Peace Prize winner who has died aged 80
China frees Nobel Peace Prize winner’s widow after 8 years of house arrest
BEIJING -- In the fall of 2010, Liu Xia traveled to a prison in northeast China to tell her husband, the dissident intellectual Liu Xiaobo, that he had just been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. That was the last time she left home as a free woman. Until this week. China on Tuesday allowed Liu Xia to fly to Berlin, ending an eight-year house arrest that drew international criticism and made the soft-spoken, chain-smoking 57-year-old poet with a shaven head a tragic icon known around the world. As Liu Xia got off a plane in transit at the airport in Helsinki on Tuesday, she spread her arms and grinned widely at a waiting photographer. The release of Liu Xia, who was never charged with any crime, results from years of campaigning by Western governments and activists and comes just days before the one-year anniversary Friday of Liu Xiaobo's death. Liu's 11-year prison sentence and his wife's subsequent detention in her home had become glaring symbols of the authoritarian government's … [Read more...] about China frees Nobel Peace Prize winner’s widow after 8 years of house arrest