Wangari Maathai Dies

Publisher:
NTVKenya
Publication Date:
26 September 2011
Tags:
Kenya, Environment, Human Rights

Prof Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace laureate and conservation heroine, has died in Nairobi after a long battle with cancer. She was 71.The environmentalist and politician died at the Nairobi Hospital at around 10pm on Sunday, officials at her Greenbelt Movement organisation told Nation Media

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