NY Times Africa From 2011: Wangari Maathai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Dies at 71 by External Source March 7, 2026 March 7, 2026 32 A Kenyan environmentalist, she began by paying women a few shillings to plant trees and went on to become the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize.Original Article 0 FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinTumblrRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail External Source Africa News Matters is powered by the Colorado non-profit Africa Agenda. We credit our sources via link sharing. Support us, make a donation today! previous post Lemurs Love This Fruit That Is Choking Madagascar’s Forests next post India vs New Zealand: Fans hope for World Cup final redemption in Ahmedabad You may also like Trump’s Cuts Have Eviscerated Once-Bipartisan Foreign Aid Programs April 3, 2026 Liamine Zeroual, Algerian President During Bloody Civil War,... April 3, 2026 Where Million-Dollar Coastal Homes Glitter Near Metal Shacks April 1, 2026 Cape Town’s Housing Problem April 1, 2026 South Africa Sees Maritime Traffic Surge Amid Iran... April 1, 2026 Silence and Sand Dunes on Namibia’s Skeleton Coast April 1, 2026 Palm Sunday Attack in Nigeria Leaves at Least... March 31, 2026 He Led Congo for 18 Years. Now, Joseph... March 31, 2026 Nicholas Haysom, Apartheid Foe Who Became a U.N.... March 30, 2026 U.S. Rejects Vote to Recognize Slavery as a... March 26, 2026