With the sad news of Wangari Maathai's death on Sunday night (25 September), we celebrate the life and philosophy of an extraordinary woman via a series of video clips, below. Maathai, a veteran ...

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 ...

My name is Wangari Maathai. In my country of Kenya ... That’s why they threw me in prison, After people asked me – ‘Wangari, weren’t you scared?’ You know… I was scared.

With the late Nobel Peace Laureate Prof Wangari Maathai behind them ... does not allow me to let my son continue suffering in prison,” said the mother of the late Nakuru Town MP, Mirugi Kariuki.

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. Nairobi Governor Evans Kidero has immortalised award-winning conservationist Wangari ...

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 ...

The Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) launched the first Wangari Maathai Award in 2012 to honour the memory of Kenyan Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai, who championed forests around the ...