JUBA, South Sudan, July 9 (UNHCR) - Nobel Peace Prize laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Martti Ahtisaari, a former Finnish president, visited Sudanese refugees this weekend in South Sudan's Upper ...

1954-1957 – Teaches school. He resigns in protest of government restrictions on education for black children. 1961 – Is ordained an Anglican priest. 1975 – Becomes the first black appointed Anglican ...

The Elders, a group set up by Nelson Mandela, call for the Palestinian politician to be freed after more than two decades in ...

The Elders, a group of former world leaders, are calling on President Trump to secure the release of Marwan Barghouti, jailed for orchestrating deadly attacks on Israelis.

Former Irish president Mary Robinson has been appointed chair of peace and human rights campaigning group The Elders. The international organisation of senior public figures was set up by the late ...

Rev. Mpho Tutu van Furth, an Episcopal priest who is married to a woman, said the funeral of her godfather was moved to his garden to allow her to participate. By Isabella Kwai Desmond M. Tutu, a ...

Education: Bantu Normal Teacher’s College, Pretoria, 1953, South Africa; University of South Africa, Johannesburg, B.A., 1954; St. Peter’s Theological College ...