Latest articles on Nobel Peace Prize

Abiy Ahmed woos the Ethiopian diaspora in South Africa

Africa Simon Allison - 13 Jan 2020

No one knows how many Ethiopians are in South Africa — but Abiy knows he needs their support

Aung San Suu Kyi at the ICJ: when the personal is political

Article Judith Beyer - 10 Dec 2019

Myanmar’s leader personally faces allegations while avoiding the task of changing the country’s trajectory

Why Ethiopians are losing faith in Abiy’s promises for peace

Africa Yohannes Gedamu - 14 Nov 2019

The prime minister may have won the Nobel Peace Prize but he has failed to quell the violence in his own backyard

‘Killing without any reason’: Deaths in rural Ethiopia spark outcry

Africa Robbie Corey Boulet - 17 Oct 2019

The violence is unfolding ahead of elections next year in one of the country's most volatile and ethnically diverse areas

Abiy Ahmed is a worthy Nobel Peace Prize winner

Africa Simon Allison - 11 Oct 2019

In just 18 months the prime minister has transformed his country and the region

Who is Nobel Peace Prize winner Denis Mukwege?

Africa Deutsche Welle 1 - 10 Dec 2018

The gynecologist was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in helping victims of sexual violence in the DRC

Fight to end rape in war must begin in peacetime — Nobel Prize winner Denis Mukwege

Africa Staff Reporter - 9 Dec 2018

The Congolese doctor won the Nobel prize for his work to end sexual violence in war and is considered an expert on gang rape in conflict

Amnesty strips Aung San Suu Kyi of highest honour

Article Dmitry Zaks - 13 Nov 2018

The London-based global human rights organisation said it was revoking the Ambassador of Conscience Award it gave Suu Kyi in 2009

Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Murad, Mukwege for campaigns against sexual violence

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Oct 2018

Denis Mukwege is a medic based in the DRC, and he and his staff have helped thousands of victims abused in its prolonged and bloody wars.

‘Back with eyes open’ ― Malala visits Pakistan district where she was shot

Article Lehaz Ali - 31 Mar 2018

Malala visited the Swat valley for her first trip back to the once militant-infested Pakistani region where she was shot in the head by the Taliban

Thousands of Rohingya flee Myanmar violence in 10 days

Article Al Jazeera - 4 Sep 2017

The UN says 87 000 members of persecuted Muslim community have crossed into Bangladesh since violence erupted on August 25.

Colombia’s President Santos awarded the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize

Article Reuters - 7 Oct 2016

Juan Manuel Santos won in a surprise choice after Colombians voted "No" to an agreement he signed with Marxist rebels to end 52 years of war.

Peace prized as sands shift in Tunisia

Africa Rory Mccarthy - 15 Oct 2015

Its brokers have earned their Nobel peace prize acclaim, but the truce in Tunisia is a brittle and fragile thing.

Malala Yousafzai challenges world leaders to ‘do better’

Article Staff Reporter - 10 Dec 2014

In an open letter to world leaders ahead of receiving her Nobel Peace Prize, activist Malala Yousafzai asks world leaders to raise their ambition.

Yousafzai, Satyarthi win Nobel Peace prize

Article Staff Reporter - 10 Oct 2014

Indian national Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai have won the 2014 Nobel Peace prize for advocating children's rights.

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