African woman wins Nobel Peace Prize
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The 2004 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Wangari Maathai. The African native is an environmentalist and human rights campaigner.
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Wangari Muta Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, was honoured Friday for her efforts to help women, clean up the environment and battle corruption.
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South African police handed back the Nobel Peace Prize medal won by Archbishop Desmond Tutu to his wife on Saturday after it was stolen from his Johannesburg home this month.
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Describing her as &quot;Africa&#39;s staunchest defender of the environment,&quot; the United Nations green agency today hailed the awarding of this year&#39;s Nobel Peace Prize to Prof.
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OSLO - African dancers and drummers transformed the traditionally sober Nobel Peace Prize ceremony into an African celebration Friday as Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai took centre stage to receive her award.
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Cape Town - Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang was among the first South Africans on Friday to congratulate Kenyan deputy environment minister Wangari Maathai on being the first African women to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Pitt alumnae Wangari Muta Maathai has been awarded the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, making her the first African woman to receive the award.
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Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize Friday for aiding the continent's poor with a campaign to plant millions of trees to slow down deforestation.
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By Sara Newman  Wangari Maathai, 66, the first woman in east and central Africa to earn a doctorate degree, received the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize for developing the Green Belt Movement.
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OSLO: Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai, who yesterday received the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo, said protecting the environment was vital to promote peace and democracy.
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Kenyan environmental activist Wangari Maathai won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her work as leader of the Green Belt Movement, which has sought to empower women, better the environment and fight ...
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Calling humanity a threat to the planet,  Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai urged democratic reform  and an end to corporate greed after becoming the first African  woman to collect the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
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The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize was today presented with her award in Oslo against a backdrop of drums and dancers.
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Nairobi - The Kenyan press on Saturday unanimously hailed the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to environmentalist Wangari Maathai and called for a fresh look at ideals she had stood and made so much sacrifices for.
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Kenyan Deputy Environment Minister Wangari Muta Maathai has been named winner of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize, beating a number of much better known world names to the prestigious award.
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Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai has been formally awarded the Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo, Norway. Ms. Maathai urged her audience at Oslo&#39;s City Hall to recognize that protecting
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Prof Wangari Maathai took to the world stage in a defining moment yesterday and received the 2004 edition of the world&#39;s most coveted award, the gold Nobel Peace Prize, at an elaborate ceremony in Oslo, Norway.