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- 1 2 "Desmond Tutu Announces the Winners of the International Children's Peace Prize 2019: Greta Thunberg (16) From Sweden and Divina Maloum (14) From Cameroon" (Press release). KidsRights Foundation. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 2022-03-08– via PR Newswire.
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