Yazidi campaigner Nadia Murad, who has won the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize along with Congolese physician Denis Mukwege, has been praised by Angela Merkel and the German region that offered her a home.
Angela Merkel is emerging as a favourite to win the Nobel Peace Prize given her work to open Germany up to nearly one million refugees this year alone, according to some peace activists. But does the German Chancellor have what it takes to make the cut?
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former chancellor Helmut Kohl hailed the choice of the crisis-hit European Union for the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.