In connection with the announcement of the Nobel Peace Prize winner, which will be announced on Friday in Oslo, here is a list of Nobel Peace Prize winners over the past ten years.
2021: Filipino journalists Maria Ressa and Russian Dmitry Muratov for their “courageous defense of press freedom”.
2020: United Nations World Food Program for “efforts to fight world hunger”.
2019: Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed “for his efforts to bring peace” and in particular for his “strong initiative to resolve the border dispute with Eritrea”.
2018: Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi woman Nadia Murad for their efforts to combat sexual violence used in conflicts around the world.
2017: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) for contributions to the landmark treaty to ban nuclear weapons.
2016: Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on his commitment to end the armed conflict with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).
2015: The Quartet sponsoring the national dialogue in Tunisia, made up of four civil society organizations, saved the country’s transition to democracy.
2014: Malala Yousafzai (Pakistan) and Kailash Satyarthi (India) for their “combating the persecution of children and youth and defending the right of all children to education.”
2013: Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons for its efforts to rid the world of weapons of mass destruction.
2012: The European Union, a major project that has contributed to bringing peace to a continent torn apart by two world wars.