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Congolese Mukwege, Iraq's Murad win 2018 Nobel Peace Prize

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OSLO - Denis Mukwege, a gynecologist treating victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi human rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by Islamic State in Iraq, won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

 

The Norwegian Nobel Committee said it had awarded them the prize for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war.

 

"Both laureates have made a crucial contribution to focusing attention on, and combating, such war crimes," it said in its citation. 

 

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