Desmond Tutu, the Anglican archbishop who won the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting apartheid in South Africa, has died at age 90. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Tutu’s death on Sunday, as leaders around the world mourned the passing of an uncompromising voice for racial equality. He was known lovingly by the nickname “the arch.”His battle achieved global acclaim and culminated with the release from prison in 1990 and election in 1994 of Nelson Mandela as South Africa’s first black president. Tutu was receiving care in recent months at a nursing home and in latter years expanded his fight for equality to other causes, including LGBT rights and same-sex marriage. He was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1984 in the midst of a brutal apartheid crackdown and a decade later was named by Mandela to lead a commission into apartheid’s abuses credited with bringing healing to his country.

Source: Ethiopian News December 26, 2021 14:26 UTC