Congo Nobel winner launches presidential bid

Denis Mukwege

Dr Denis Mukwege receiving the Olof Palme Prize 2008 during a ceremony at in Stockholm, Sweden on January 30, 2009. PHOTO | AFP

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Popular Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) gynaecologist Denis Mukwege on Monday declared himself a candidate in the presidential election scheduled for December 20, 2023, potentially ending speculation about whether he would enter politics.

But the famous doctor who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2018, may have made a decision that could now plunge him into the murky world of dirty politics in the DRC, where the dirty win and the rules are rarely followed.