South Africa’s Desmond Tutu Dies at 90

South African Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu makes an address at Westminster Abbey in London during the memorial service for the former South African President Nelson Mandela, on March 3, 2014. John Stillwell/Pool Photo via AP

JOHANNESBURG—Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for human rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Sunday. He was 90.

An uncompromising foe of apartheid, Tutu worked tirelessly, though non-violently, for its downfall.