The Nobel Peace Prize 2018

Denis Mukwege

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Prize share: 1/2

Nadia Murad

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Prize share: 1/2

The Nobel Peace Prize 2018 was awarded jointly to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad "for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict."

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