05/10/2018 13:38
Nobel Peace Prize for anti-rape activists
The 2018 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to campaigners against rape in warfare Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege.
Berit Reiss-Andersen, the Nobel committee chair, said the pair were "crucial" in fighting the crimes, BBC News reports.
Ms Murad is a Yazidi woman who was tortured and raped by Islamic State militants. Mr Mukwege is a Congolese gynaecologist who has treated victims.
Some 331 individuals and organisations were nominated for the prestigious peace award this year.
The winners announced in Oslo on Friday won the award for their "efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war," Ms Reiss-Andersen said.