Prize announcement

Announcement of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad, presented by Berit Reiss-Andersen, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, on 5 October 2018.

Interview about the awarded work

“If we want people to say ‘no more war’, we have to show how brutal it is”

Following the announcement, Berit Reiss-Andersen, Chair of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, was interviewed by journalist Stig Arild Pettersen about the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize.

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