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Anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu dead at 90

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South African anti-apartheid icon Archbishop Desmond Tutu, described as the country’s moral compass, died on Sunday aged 90, sparking an outpouring of tributes for the outspoken Nobel Peace Prize winner. The small-statured Tutu, who had largely faded from public life in recent years, was remembered for his easy humour and characteristic smile — and above all his tireless fight against injustices of all colours. South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa honoured this fight in a tribute to Tutu, announcing the archbishop’s death. “The passing of Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu is another chapte…

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