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He was awarded the Sakharov prize by the European Union in 2013 and was shortlisted for a Nobel Prize in 2016. &nbsp;</p> <p>ñ is a charter member of the <a href="https://ifesworld.org/en" target="_blank">International Fellowship of Evangelical Students</a>, which formed in 1948, and later included <a href="http://ugbburundi.org/" target="_blank">Union des Groupes Bibliques du Burundi</a>. IFES General Secretary Daniel Bourdanné said of Dr. Mukwege: “He is a model to me of Christian engagement in society. He selflessly brings the character of God to these broken people.”</p> <p><a href="https://en.ifesconexion.org/last-word-reflecting-gods-character-5b8a48b9da6" target="_blank">Read more</a>.</p> <p>Photo: Dr Denis Mukwege by PINAULT/VOA [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</p> </div> </div> </div> <div class="_none block block-layout-builder block-field-blocknodenewsfield-news-keywords"> <div class="content"> <div class="field field--name-field-news-keywords field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News Keywords</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/888" hreflang="en">IFES</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2412" hreflang="en">Burundi</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/984" hreflang="en">Nobel Prize</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2413" hreflang="en">Mukwege</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/taxonomy/term/2414" hreflang="en">Bourdanne</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> Mon, 08 Oct 2018 15:54:43 +0000 gordon.govier@intervarsity.org 9029 at