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Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad for Work Against Sexual Violence

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Nobel Peace Prize Awarded to Denis Mukwege and Nadia Murad for Work Against Sexual Violence

Top News: On Friday, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the recipients of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize: Denis Mukwege, a Congolese doctor, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi anti-sexual violence campaigner. The Committee chose the two “for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict.”

Mukwege, 63, a gynecological surgeon, has faced an assassination attempt during his many years treating victims of wartime rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Murad, 25, was held captive by the Islamic State for three months and repeatedly raped by her captors. She has spoken before the United Nations, the U.S. Congress, the British Parliament, and many other organizations, and successfully pushed for recognition of the Islamic State’s actions as genocide. She is one of an estimated 3,000 Yazidi women who were captured and victimized by the Islamic State.

A 2008 United Nations Security Council resolution, as well as the Rome Statute establishing the International Criminal Court, recognize sexual violence as a weapon of war and a serious violation of international law.

Brexit: The European Union’s Brexit negotiating team said on Thursday that a deal with Britain on the country’s exit was “very close.” The issue of the EU border with Northern Ireland remains a topic of contention for both sides, as the Democratic Unionist Party, whose support allowed British Prime Minister Theresa May to form a government, strongly opposes the current EU proposal for some application of EU rules to Northern Ireland.

AFRICA

•  A Rwandan court ordered the release of Diane Rwigara, a critic of President Paul Kagame, who was jailed in October 2017 on charges that were seen as politically motivated.

•  Nhlanhla Nene, South Africa’s finance minister, publicly apologized for his past visits to the Gupta family, who have been accused of corruption and conspiring with former President Jacob Zuma to win state contracts. Nene’s testimony on corruption under Zuma has led some to call him a hero, while his critics are demanding his resignation.

•  According to a senior energy official, Kenya is on track to build a nuclear power facility in the next 12 to 15 years.

AMERICAS

•  In Brazil, 53 transgender candidates are running for state and federal office, up from five during the last general election.

•  Richard Dobrich, head of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency in Colombia, may be facing investigation for using office drivers to procure prostitutes, according the the Associated Press.

•  A new species of hummingbird, named blue-throated star, of which only 300 exist, has been identified in Ecuador.

ASIA

•  Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government announced on Friday the $5 billion purchase of Russian S-400 surface-to-air missiles.

•  A South Korean court sentenced former president Lee Myung-bak to 15 years in prison for bribery and embezzlement.

•  Hong Kong’s immigration authorities denied the renewal of Financial Times journalist Victor Mallet’s visa, sparking new concerns over increasing Chinese influence in the special administrative region.

EUROPE

•  French police have begun to investigate the whereabouts of the director of Interpol, Meng Hongwei, who was reported missing after traveling to China last week.

•  Poland and Hungary have complained to the European Court of Justice, criticizing labor laws for low-paid migrant workers working across Europe as “a tool for protectionism.”

•  A budget showdown between Brussels and Rome continued as Italy’s deputy prime minister, Luigi Di Maio, said Friday that he would choose the “Italian people” over the markets.

MIDDLE EAST

•  Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent critic of the Saudi government, remains missing. He has not been seen since entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on Tuesday. Turkey responded by summoning the Saudi ambassador.

•  Gebran Bassil, the leader of one of the main parties vying for power in Lebanon, cautioned against “artificial optimism” in new government talks.

•  After an explosion in southeast Turkey killed seven Turkish soldiers, officials and politicians have renewed calls for a hardline stance toward the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

- By Elizabeth Miles

(Frederick Florin/AFP/Getty Images)

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