Desmond Tutu, the former archbishop of Capetown, played a key role in ending apartheid and building the new South Africa. Held in almost as high esteem as Nelson Mandela, he has never been afraid of…
South African anti-apartheid leader and Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu died on Sunday due to complication from cancer at the age of 90.
By Todd Leopold, Larry Madowo and Jessie Yeung, CNN Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning Anglican cleric whose good humor, inspiring message and conscientious work for civil and human rights made him a revered leader during the struggle to end apartheid in his native South Africa, …
The South African archbishop “distinguished himself as a non-sectarian, inclusive champion of universal human rights,” Cyril Ramaphosa, the nation’s president, said in a statement…
Nobel Peace Prize laureate, famed for his efforts against the racist regime in South Africa, compared Israel's treatment of Palestinians to apartheid and backed boycott, sanctions
JOHANNESBURG — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising foe of apartheid and a modern-day activist for racial justice and LGBT rights, died Sunday at 90. South Africans, world leaders and people around the globe mourned the death of the man viewed as the country…
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising foe of the country's past racist policy of apartheid and a modern-day activist for racial justice and
Desmond Tutu, a key ally to Nelson Mandela in South Africa's fight against apartheid, has died at the age of 90. World leaders remembered his role as a "moral compass" and "his great warmth and humor."
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising foe of apartheid and a modern-day activist for racial justice and LGBT rights, died Sunday at 90.
South African Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died Sunday at the age of 90, was the moral compass of his beloved "Rainbow Nation", never afraid to speak truth to power, whatever its creed or colour.
Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died at the age of 90.
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who helped lead the movement that ended white minority rule in South Africa, has died at age 90, the country's president said Sunday.