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South Africa's Archbishop Desmond Tutu dies aged 90

An uncompromising foe of apartheid — South Africa’s brutal regime of oppression again the Black majority — Tutu worked tirelessly, though non-violently, for its downfall

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Desmond Tutu. Pic/AFP

Desmond Tutu. Pic/AFP

Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Sunday. He was 90.

An uncompromising foe of apartheid — South Africa’s brutal regime of oppression again the Black majority — Tutu worked tirelessly, though non-violently, for its downfall.

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