Nobel Peace Prize

South African human rights jurist Navi Pillay has made history by winning the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize, honoured for her lifelong fight for international justice and accountability.

He has been ruling like a dictator, claiming wartime powers, circumventing the Senate and Congress

Should the peace prize committee embrace integrity, it would have few options to either confer the 2025 award on Yemen’s Houthi or admit defeat and cancel it.

Nobel peace prize winner Maria Ressa has taken up the fight against deepfake, a threat to journalism and democracy

While Kissinger’s intellectual gifts were begrudgingly acknowledged, he remains deeply controversial for his ruthless philosophy of realpolitik

People continue to suffer from among other things unemployment, poor quality education, unaffordable health care and gender-based violence

The death of apartheid’s last leader means some questions now remain forever unanswered

FW De Klerk died in his home having suffered from cancer

What a difference a year makes.

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

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

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

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

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

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