Archbishop Desmond Tutu announced in a televised press conference on Thursday that he was withdrawing from public life after decades at the forefront of the struggle against apartheid and injustice around the world.
"I have done as much as I can and need time to do things I have really wanted to do. I do want a little more quiet," the Nobel laureate told a press conference at St George's Cathedral in Cape Town.
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