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Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege have been awarded the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize for their campaigns against sexual violence during war. Mukwege, a doctor based in the Democratic Republic of Congo, has helped thousands of victims of the country's long war. Murad, a member of Iraq's Yazidi tribe who suffered at the hands of Islamic State, has been recognised for her work with the United Nations. John Brewer believes they are among the more deserving recipients of the accolade. And from our archives, a look at Mukwege's work by Lee Ann De Reus.
An ongoing and systematic form of censorship is stifling press freedom in Uganda. It’s not new. The country has a long history of media censorship that predates President Yoweri Museveni’s 30-year rule. But, as Geoffrey Ssenoga writes, not even the recent attacks on a photojournalist and member of parliament Bobi Wine have silenced the media which continues to tackle controversial issues in the country.
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Nadia Murad and Denis Mukwege: campaigners against sexual violence against women.
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John Brewer, Queen's University Belfast
The prize recognises that violence against women has become a weapon of war.
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Denis Mukwege.
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Lee Ann De Reus, Pennsylvania State University
The Congolese physician has treated over 20,000 victims of traumatic rape in a conflict fueled in part by 'conflict minerals' used to make cellphones.
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Politics + Society
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Geoffrey Ssenoga, Uganda Christian University
Despite continual threats, the media in Uganda continues to tackle controversial issues and break big stories of corruption and abuse of power.
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Jameelah Omar, University of Cape Town
Social media presents new challenges in sensitive cases but media houses must stick to the law.
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Business + Economy
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Seth Asare Okyere, Osaka University; Jerry Chati Tasantab; Matthew Abunyewah, University of Newcastle
Research in Ghana shows that improving slum housing could be one of the alternatives to the capital's housing crisis.
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From our international editions
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Seb Oliver, University of Sussex
Galaxy images and patient records can be equally confusing. Now a team of astrophysicists have realised their methods could help medical professionals.
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Mary K. Feeney, Arizona State University
Progress has been made toward gender parity in science fields. But explicit and implicit barriers still hold women back from advancing in the same numbers as men to the upper reaches of STEM academia.
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