First African woman to win Nobel Peace Prize dies

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) ? Wangari Maathai, the first African woman recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, died after a long struggle with cancer, the environmental organization she founded said Monday. She was 71.

One of Kenya's most recognizable women, Maathai won her Nobel in 2004 for combining science and social activism. She was the founder of the Green Belt Movement, where over 30 years she mobilized poor women to plant 30 million trees.

Edward Wageni, that group's deputy executive director, said Maathai died in a Nairobi hospital late Sunday night. Maathai was in and out of the hospital since the beginning of the year, he said.

Associated Press

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