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Africa-Press – South-Sudan. <\/strong><\/span>Desmond Tutu, South Africa\u2019s retired archbishop and anti-apartheid icon, has died aged 90. Tutu, the Nobel Peace prize laureate who helped end apartheid in South Africa, died on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapter of bereavement in our nation\u2019s farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated South Africa,\u201d President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Sunday.<\/p>\n

He \u201cdistinguished himself as a non-sectarian, inclusive champion of universal human rights\u201d, Ramaphosa added. The presidency gave no details on the cause of death.<\/p>\n

Tutu was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the late 1990s and, in recent years, was hospitalized on several occasions to treat infections associated with his treatment.<\/p>\n

\u201cUltimately, at the age of 90, he died peacefully at the Oasis Frail Care Centre in Cape Town this morning,\u201d Dr Ramphela Mamphele, acting chairperson of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu IP Trust and Co-ordinator of the Office of the Archbishop, said in a statement on behalf of the Tutu family.<\/p>\n

Tutu is often hailed as South Africa\u2019s moral conscience and the great reconciler of a nation divided by decades of racist politics. In 1984, he won the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent opposition to apartheid.<\/p>\n

A decade later, he witnessed the end of that regime and he chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, set up to unearth atrocities committed during the segregation period. Tutu was a longtime friend of the late Nelson Mandela.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About South-Sudan<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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