Kenyan environmental activist and politician Wangari Maathai has died at the age of 71. In receiving her Nobel Peace Prize in 2004, the award committe praised her for her, “holistic approach to sustainable development that embraces democracy, human rights and women’s rights in particular” and serving “as inspiration for many in the fight for democratic rights.”
Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/27/world/africa/wangari-maathai-nobel-peace-prize-laureate-dies-at-71.html?_r=1&hp
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