Professor Wangari Maathai contributed over many decades to furthering the ideals and objectives of the United Nations. A globally recognized champion for human rights and women’s empowerment ...

Wangari Maathai was born in Kenya in 1940 ... transforming the lives of the people and the environment around her until she died in 2011. Wangari had several issues she was passionate about ...

Wangari died less than a month after she had been admitted to Mji wa Huruma, as her new home Amos Khaemba, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings more than three years of experience covering politics ...

Wangari Maathai was the first African woman to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work on environmentalism and social justice. She was born in 1940 into a Kenya still under British colonial rule ...