The chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Peace Prize Committee, Berit Reiss-Andersen, and the committee secretary Olav Njolstad, announced the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize in the Nobel Institute in Oslo. AP Nobel Prize winner and human rights activist Nadia Murad at the International Center in Vienna, Austria. READ MORE:* Growing chatter over Trump's Nobel Peace Prize prospects* US President Donald Trump deserves Nobel Peace Prize for Korean triumph* Latest winner honours Nobel intentions* Anti-nuclear campaign ICAN wins 2017 Nobel Peace Prize* Snowden gets Nobel Peace Prize nodAP Nobel Prize winner Dr Denis Mukwege, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, is a gynecologist who specialises in treating victims of rape and extreme sexual violence. pic.twitter.com/fIv2yWPxE6 — The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 5, 2018The 2018 prize is worth 9 million Swedish kronor (NZ$1.56 million). 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Denis Mukwege is the helper who has devoted his life to defending victims of war-time sexual violence.

Source: Stuff October 05, 2018 09:17 UTC