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Desmond Tutu, who has died aged 90, brought a searing moral authority to South Africa’s traumatic transition from apartheid to democracy. Throughout that tumultuous process and beyond, the devout Anglican was revered as a beacon of…

2/2 © Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks to the media as he arrives to cast his vote during the South African election in Cape Town May 7, 2014. REUTERS/Mark Wessels 2/2 By Sumaya Hisham , (Reuters) - My earliest…

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Anglican cleric and Nobel laureate who led non-violent resistance to apartheid in South Africa and became the conscience of its young democracy, has died aged 90.Tutu, who won the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize…

1931 – Desmond Tutu is born in Klerksdorp, a town around 170 km (105 miles) to the west of Johannesburg. 1943 – Tutu’s Methodist family joins the Anglican Church. 1947 – Tutu falls ill with tuberculosis while studying at a secondary…

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his opposition to racial discrimination in South Africa, has died. He was 90. Tutu…