Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai has died in Nairobi while undergoing cancer treatment at the age of 71.
Maathai was the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for promoting conservation, women's rights and transparent government. She was the founder of the environmental group Green Belt Movement, and had served as a member of parliament in 2002.
The organisation also campaigned on education, nutrition and other issues important to women.
Read the whole article on Al Jazeera, published 26 Sept
Kenyan Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai has died in Nairobi while undergoing cancer treatment at the age of 71.
Maathai was the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 for promoting conservation, women's rights and transparent government. She was the founder of the environmental group Green Belt Movement, and had served as a member of parliament in 2002.
The organisation also campaigned on education, nutrition and other issues important to women.
Read the whole article on Al Jazeera, published 26 Sept