At a ceremony in Copenhagen, Ban Ki-moon, right, inducts the late Wangari Maathai as a UN Messenger of Peace.

Kenya: Nobel Laureate Maathai to Be Cremated As Per Will, Family Says

Nation, 3 October 2011

Wangari Maathai will be cremated and her remains interred as per her last wishes, her family and Govt announced on Monday. Read more »
Kenya: Maathai to Be Accorded State Funeral

Nation, 28 September 2011

Prof Wangari Maathai will be given the ultimate accolade of a State funeral. Read more »
Kenya: Country to Honour Fallen Maathai With a State Funeral

Nation, 28 September 2011

President Kibaki on Wednesday directed that a State funeral be held in honour of the late Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai. Read more »
Kenya: Death of Wangari Maathai Spurs Buzz on Major Internet Websites

Business Daily, 29 September 2011

This week, the world mourned the sudden death of Nobel Peace Prize winner and conservationist Wangari Maathai, who was undoubtedly one of Kenya's true heroines. Read more »
Kenya: Tribute to Heroine Wangari Maathai

The Star, 28 September 2011

News of Wangari Maathai's demise on Sunday, September 25th spread around the world like wildfire. What's striking is that Wangari is one person who (for better or worse) got heaps… Read more »
Kenya: Wangari Maathai's Last Wishes

Nation, 27 September 2011

Prof Wangari Maathai did not wish to be buried in a wooden coffin. She thought, with the high rate of death from Aids, an alternative to the traditional coffin was needed in order… Read more »
Kenya: Maathai Was a Mighty and Fearless Woman

Business Daily, 28 September 2011

Most people think of Prof Wangari Maathai as an environmentalist, planting trees. In reality, her environmental activism was part of a holistic approach to empowering women,… Read more »
Kenya: Even in Ill Health, Maathai Remained a Strong Fighter

Business Daily, 28 September 2011

It was ovarian cancer that took away Prof Wangari Maathai's life. Rarely was her strong voice heard as she battled the disease and she never made it public. Read more »
Kenya: Paying Tribute to a Great Woman - Wangari Maathai

The Star, 27 September 2011

Although she led a fiery public life, Prof Wangari Muta Maathai chose to live her last moments quietly, battling with ovarian cancer but hardly revealing it to people outside her… Read more »
Kenya: Maathai Shunned Elitist Life to Stand for Ordinary People

Nation, 27 September 2011

Even as mainstream gender-cum-women activists rush to appropriate Wangari Maathai and her memory as their own, they are missing one crucial narrative. Read more »

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9 July 2010

Wangari Maathai & The Green Belt Movement

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Wangari Maathai is a Kenyan environmentalist and political activist. In the 1970s, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental NGO ... see more »

Kenya: Maathai Made Real Courage Fashionable

Nation, 27 September 2011

At the zenith of their gory orgy in the late 1980s, Kenya's then ruling party, Kanu, and its strongmen, cared little for the outright scandalous way they executed state power. Read more »
South Africa: ANC Saddened By the Death of Professor Wangari Maathai

ANC, 27 September 2011

The African National Congress (ANC) is saddened by the sudden passing away of Professor Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize and the founder of… Read more »
Kenya: World Tribute to Maathai

Citizen, 26 September 2011

The death of the renowned Kenyan environmentalist and politician, Prof Wangari Maathai, on Sunday was received with shock with many describing her as a dedicated woman who fought… Read more »
Kenya: All I Can Say of Her Is - Whence Cometh Such Another?

Citizen, 26 September 2011

In the wee hours of one of Kenya's finest and most prolific thinkers stopped thinking. Prof Wangari Maathai, who succumbed to cancer of the ovary at a Nairobi hospital, was among… Read more »
Africa: Wangari Maathai - a 'Mighty Woman' Who Spoke Truth to Power

IPS, 26 September 2011

Last night, Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, died. Most people think of Ms. Maathai as an environmentalist, planting trees. In reality, her… Read more »
Kenya: UN Pays Tribute to Wangari Maathai

UN News, 26 September 2011

The United Nations today paid tribute to Professor Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize laureate and one of Africa's foremost environmental campaigners, who died on Sunday. Read more »
Kenya: World Leaders Mourn Wangari Maathai

Nation, 26 September 2011

World leaders on Monday said Kenya had lost a courageous woman. Read more »
Uganda: Wangari - Kenya's Unbowed Eco-Warrior

New Vision, 25 September 2011

THE first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, the Kenyan Wangari Maathai who died Sunday, rose to prominence fighting for those most easily marginalised on the continent… Read more »
South Africa: Maathai Left 'A Lasting Legacy'

BuaNews, 26 September 2011

Chief executive of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, Achmat Dangor, says the late professor Wangari Maathai has left a lasting legacy in the work she has done to create awareness and… Read more »

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His Highness The Aga Khan, right, speaks to Wangari Maathai. Looking on is Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga, left.

Kenya: Tutu Pays Tribute to Wangari Maathai

SAPA, 26 September 2011

Kenyan Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai was an inspiration to countless Africans, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu said on Monday. Read more »
Kenya: The Government Did Not Give Maathai the Life She Deserved

The Star, 26 September 2011

Celebrated Nobel laureate, the Late Wangari Maathai was more respected and acknowledged internationally than in her own country. Read more »
Kenya: Africa Loses One of Its Most Vocal and Influential Women

Daily Maverick, 26 September 2011

Late on Sunday night, Wangari Maathai – the fearless campaigner, the Nobel Peace Prize winner, the politician, the Tree Lady, and the first ever female PhD holder from East… Read more »

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26 September 2011

Kenyans React To Wangari Maathai's death

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Kenyans have expressed shock at the news of Prof Wangari Maathai's death with many hailing her as a true Kenyan heroine. The Nobel Peace laureate ... see more »

Kenya: Mandela Foundation Offers Condolences For Maathai's Death

NMF, 26 September 2011

On behalf of our Founder, Board of Trustees and staff we offer our deepest condolences to the family, friends and comrades of the late Professor Wangari Maathai. Read more »
Kenya: Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai Dies in Nairobi

Nation, 26 September 2011

Prof Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace laureate and conservation heroine, has died in Nairobi after a long battle with cancer. She was 71. Read more »

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26 September 2011

Wangari Maathai Dies

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Prof Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace laureate and conservation heroine, has died in Nairobi after a long battle with cancer. She was 71.The ... see more »

Kenya: Commonwealth Secretary-General Mourns Death of Wangari Mathaai

Commonwealth, 26 September 2011

Commonwealth Secretary-General Kamalesh Sharma this morning issued a message of condolence following the death of Wangari Mathaai, the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel… Read more »
Kenya: Nobel Peace Laureate Maathai Dies

RFI, 26 September 2011

The first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, environmentalist Wangari Maathai, has died aged-71 in Nairobi after a long battle with cancer. Matthai became a key… Read more »
Kenya: Wangari Maathai Admitted to Hospital

The Star, 23 September 2011

Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai is admitted at Nairobi Hospital. It is not clear what the former Tetu MP is suffering from but family sources say "her health has not been very good… Read more »
Kenya: Maathai Wants Bamboo to Replace Eucalyptus

The Star, 27 April 2011

Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai has asked the government to promote growing of bamboo to replace eucalyptus. Read more »
Africa: Maathai Calls for Action On Climate Change

EA Business, 4 July 2011

On the eve of the Africa Union (AU) Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai is calling on African leaders to respond to the global climate change… Read more »
Kenya: Wangari Maathai Calls on AU Leaders to Take Action on Climate Change

Nobel Women's Initiative, 29 June 2011

On the eve of the Africa Union (AU) Summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai is calling on African leaders to respond to the global climate change… Read more »

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11 May 2010

"I will be a hummingbird" - Wangari Maathai

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In this beautifully animated clip from Dirt! The Movie, Wangari Maathai tells an inspiring tale of doing the best you can under seemingly ... see more »

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