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Kenya's Maathai Wins Nobel Peace Prize on Environment, 8.10.04

Bloomberg U.K.

Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Wangari Maathai of Kenya won this year's Nobel Peace Prize for her work to promote democracy, protect the environment and improve social conditions, becoming the first African woman to receive the award.

Kenyan human rights and environmental activist Wangari Maathai , seen in this June 15, 2004 file photo, was named as the Nobel Peace Prize laureate for 2004, by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo, Friday Oct. 8th 2004.(AP Photo/Tor Richardsen, Scanpix) Maathai, 64, founded the Green Belt Movement, which has planted 30 million trees since its beginning in 1977. She fought for democratic change under the regime of Kenya's former President Daniel arap Moi, was elected to parliament in 2002 and is now assistant environment minister.

"Peace on earth depends on our ability to secure our living environment," Ole Danbolt Mjoes, director of the Nobel Committee, said at the committee's Oslo headquarters. "Maathai stands at the front of the fight to promote ecologically viable social, economic and cultural development in Kenya and in Africa."

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