It is with great sadness that the family of professor Wangari Maathai announces her passing away on 25th September 2011 at the Nairobi hospital after a prolonged and bravely borne struggle with cancer a statement said. Wangari Maathai Death of a visionary BBC. She was the first African woman to be awarded the prize and is recognized.
Nairobi 26 September 2011 Professor Wangari Maathai Nobel Peace Prize laureate founder of Kenya's Green Belt Movement and patron of the United Nations Environment Programme UNEP has died in Nairobi.
NAIROBI Sep 26 The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize the Kenyan Wangari Maathai who died on Sunday rose to prominence fighting for those most easily marginalised on the continent poor women.
Wangari Maathai's husband ran for Parliament in the 1970s and she became involved in organizing work for the poor which eventually became a national grassroots organization providing work and improving the.
Wangari Maathai Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dies at 71 NY Times.
The passing of an African campaigner for a thriving environment and women.
Wangari Maathai a prominent Kenyan environmental and political activist and 2004 Nobel prize winner passed away on September 25 2011.
NAIROBI Kenya Sep 26 Kenyan environmentalist and the 2004 Nobel Peace prize winner Wangari Muta Maathai has died while undergoing treatment at the Nairobi Hospital.
Professor Wangari Maathai started the Green Belt Movement in Kenya in 1977 working with women to improve their livelihoods by increasing their access to resources like firewood for cooking and clean water. Wangari Maathai 'My heart is in the land and women I came from' Guardian. Her Personal Assistant Lucy Wanjohi said.
RIP Wangari Maathai Nobel laureate who helped plant trees here.