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Rain of tributes after the death of Desmond Tutu: "The world has lost a giant"

2021-12-26T12:21:06.321Z


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Longtime friend of Nelson Mandela, apostle, just like him, of a peaceful fight against Apartheid in South Africa, the man of the Church Desmond Tutu died this Sunday, at the age of 90.

Since then, the praises have multiplied to pay a vibrant tribute to the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize.

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa

praised "a patriot without equal", "who gave meaning to the biblical intuition that faith without works is dead". The Head of State, elected in 2018, believes that the death of the Anglican Archbishop forms "a new chapter of mourning in our nation's farewell to a generation of exceptional South Africans who left us a South Africa released ”.

“A thinker, a leader, a shepherd,” greeted

the Nelson Mandela Foundation

in a long press release.

The organization looks back on the friendship between the two men.

"It was Tutu who raised Madiba's hand on the balcony of Cape Town City Hall on May 9, 1994 and introduced him to the crowd as the new president."

And to quote Mandela, who then praised the Anglican priest for "his eagerness to take unpopular positions without fear".

At different times, Mandela and Desmond Tutu have long lived on the same street in the South African township of Soweto, Vilakazi Street, the only one in the world to have housed two Nobel Peace Prize laureates.

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Desmond Tutu, death of an icon of the fight against apartheid

Bernice King, daughter of Martin Luther King

, said she was saddened by the news.

"A great former influencer is now an eternal witness," she wrote on Twitter.

“And we're better because he was here,” she concludes with a photo of the surrounded Reverend of curious children.

I'm saddened to learn of the death of global sage, human rights leader, and powerful pilgrim on earth, Archbishop #DesmondTutu.



A great, influential elder is now an eternal, witnessing ancestor.



And we are better because he was here.



I'm praying for Archbishop Tutu's family.

pic.twitter.com/HrZrF5ApYG

- Be A King (@BerniceKing) December 26, 2021

“Deeply saddened” by this disappearance,

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson

wants to remember “his spiritual leadership and his irrepressible good humor”.

As for Dominic Raab, Deputy Prime Minister, he said he had “the privilege of meeting him in The Hague when he was working for victims of war crimes.

His adage

Don't raise your voice, improve your arguments

, has never been more relevant ”.

The Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby

, equal to Tutu in the Anglican hierarchy, elevates Desmond Tutu to the rank of "prophet and priest", "a man who embodied hope and joy".

“Even in our deep sadness, we give thanks for a life so well lived.

May he rest in peace and arise in glory ”.

Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere

salutes the memory of a "great little man who showed the power of reconciliation and forgiveness" without a spirit of vengeance.

Palestine stands up for Desmond Tutu,

Basim Naeem

, senior Hamas official, lamented the loss for the Palestinian people of a "staunch supporter of their march towards freedom and independence".

Wasel Abu Youssef,

member of the executive committee of the PLO, the Palestine Liberation Organization, bid: "He has always defended the rights of Palestinians to obtain their freedom and has rejected Israeli occupation and apartheid" .

In France,

Emmanuel Macron

greeted a man who “dedicated his life to human rights and the equality of peoples.

His fight for the end of apartheid and South African reconciliation will remain in our memories ”, reacts the Head of State.

Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1984, Desmond Tutu dedicated his life to human rights and the equality of peoples.


His fight for the end of apartheid and South African reconciliation will be remembered.

- Emmanuel Macron (@EmmanuelMacron) December 26, 2021

Christiane Taubira

greeted the late Archbishop with reverence.

“His laughter echoes, for I have also known the sound of his anger and I have seen his tears up close.

Student, I worshiped Desmond Tutu.

Member of Parliament, I was able to say thank you for so much courage.

Minister, I officially greeted him.

Last time saying goodbye to Mandela.

What a life !

", Writes the former Minister of Justice on Twitter.

Briton

Richard Branson

felt that "the world has lost a giant".

I'm so sad that Archbishop Tutu has passed away - the world has lost a giant.

He was a brave leader, a mischievous delight, a profound thinker, and a dear friend https://t.co/YYBh6RYhUz

- Richard Branson (@richardbranson) December 26, 2021

The former Virgin boss mourns the loss of "a brave leader, delightful in mischief, a deep thinker and a dear friend".

Source: leparis

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