To the beat of drums, African woman receives Nobel Peace Prize
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The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, environmental activist Wangari Maathai, received her award Friday to the beat of drums and
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The first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize said Tuesday that people must help "the Earth to heal her wounds." Environmental activist Wangari Maathai accepted her gold medal, diploma and $1.5 million ...
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Wangari Maathai rose to prominence fighting for those most easily marginalised in Africa - poor women. The first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize was praised by the awarding committee as &quot;a source
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Wangari Maathai, the Kenyan who created a women&#39;s movement which has planted more than 30m trees in 20 countries, became the first African woman to win the Nobel peace prize yesterday.
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Per la prima volta una donna africana insignita del premio Nobel per la pace. Wangari Maathai ha fondato nel 1997 il movimento âGreen Beltâ (cintura verde), composto soprattutto da donne. Il premio Nobel
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Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai  became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize  Friday for leading a campaign to plant tens of millions of  trees across Africa to slow deforestation.
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She was cited for her work as leader of the Green Belt Movement, which has planted more than 30 million trees across Africa. Professor Wangari is the seventh African to win the prize, worth $1.
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OSLO, Dec 10 (IPS) - Kenyan ecologist Wangari Maathai, 64, is the first  African woman to take the Nobel, and never before has an  environmental cause been honoured by the Nobel committee since  the prize was first awarded in 1901.
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OSLO, Norway The Nobel Peace Prize will, for the first time, be handed to an environmentalist. Wangari Maathai (wan-GAH&#39;-ree mah-DY) will formally receive the honor today in Oslo, Norway.
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NAIROBI, Kenya -- Staff and directors of the Green Belt Movement founded by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Wangari Maathai danced Saturday to traditional songs to celebrate her win, as Maathai struggled to come to terms with the award.
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OSLO, Norway - 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, improve the environment and fight corruption in Africa for almost 30 years.    Maathai, Kenya's deputy environment minister, is the first African woman to win the prize, first awarded in 1901...
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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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Nobel Peace show host Oprah Winfrey smiles in the Oslo Town Hall where Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai of Kenya is to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, Friday, Dec. 10, 2004.
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64 year-old Wangari Maathai, a Kenyan environmental advocate and woman, received the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize despite 194 candidates.
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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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Environmental activist and deputy minister of Kenya, Wangri Maathai, won this year&#39;s Nobel Peace Prize. She is the first African lady to obtain this rare honour.
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Kenyan environmental activist Wangari Maathai, who Wednesday became the first-ever African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, has worked for decades to protect Africa&#39;s dwindling forests.