New Delhi [India], December 26 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi condoled the death of South Africa's anti-apartheid icon, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, on Sunday.

Tutu, a Gandhian follower, and Nobel Peace prize winner died at the age of 90.

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Rahul Gandhi tweeted, "My condolences on the passing of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. He was a champion of the anti-apartheid movement and a Gandhian. Such great heroes of social justice will always be a source of inspiration to all of us across the world."

He was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the late 1990s and in recent years he was hospitalized on several occasions.

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Desmond Mpilo Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize 1984 for his role as a unifying leader figure in the non-violent campaign to resolve the problem of apartheid in South Africa. (ANI)

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