Tributes paid to John Hume, former SDLP leader and Nobel peace prize winner

Hume, who has died aged 83, won acclaim for his efforts towards achieving Good Friday agreement in Northern Ireland

• Hero and peacemaker': John Hume remembered

World leaders have paid tribute to John Hume, the former SDLP leader, Nobel peace prize winner and leading player in the Northern Ireland peace process, who has died aged 83.

His death marks the passing of one of the most important Irish political leaders of the 20th century whose ideas of compromise, opposition to violence and cross-community outreach underpinned the principles of the 1998 Good Friday agreement.