Denis Mukwege speaks at the United Nations Security Council during a meeting about sexual violence in conflict in New York, New York, U.S., April 23, 2019. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/ File Photo
KINSHASA (Reuters) -Democratic Republic of Congo's Nobel Peace Prize-winning gynaecologist Denis Mukwege, renowned for helping rape victims, said on Monday that he would run for president in December.
Mukwege, who won the award in 2018 for his nearly two-decade campaign against sexual violence, made the announcement to a jubilant crowd of supporters at a conference centre in Congo's capital Kinshasa.
