26/12/2021 15:59 (UTC)

South Africa and the world pay tribute to Desmond Tutu's tireless struggle

Cape Town (South Africa), Dec 26 (EFE / EPA) .- South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu, world icon of the fight for human rights and Nobel Peace Prize in 1984 for his activism against the brutal racist oppression of "apartheid", died this Sunday at the age of 90 in Cape Town (southwest).

News of his death was announced by the South African Government earlier in the day and shortly afterwards was also confirmed by the Anglican Church of South Africa and the Desmond & Leah Tutu Foundation (name of his wife).

FOOTAGE ANND SOUNDNBITES FROM MICHAEL WEEDER, DEAN OF THE ANGLICAN CATHEDRAL OF SAINT GEORGE

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Date: 26/12/2021 15:57 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EPA
Topic: Politics
Religion and belief
Type: Rough cut
Duration: 23 seconds
Reference: 55007744082
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