Although Mandela had been frail and ailing for nearly a year, President Jacob Zuma’s announcement late Thursday of the death of the Nobel Peace Prize laureate shook South Africa. Tributes began ...

Nelson Mandela, who battled apartheid in South Africa before becoming its first democratic leader, died at his home in South Africa after several months of ongoing health problems. He was 95. South ...

Former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela, one of the world’s greatest and most admired political figures, died Thursday at his Johannesburg-area home. Current President Jacob Zuma said of the ...

Dec. 5 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1776, the first scholastic fraternity in America, Phi Beta Kappa, was organized at William and Mary College in Virginia. In 1848, U.S. President James Polk ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Nelson Mandela, who became one of the world's most beloved statesmen and a colossus of the 20th century when he emerged from 27 years in prison to negotiate an end to white ...

The news of Nelson Mandela’s death at the age of 95 has been met the world over with a sense of sadness and loss. It is also a time to reflect on the huge achievements of one of the most remarkable ...

(UPDATED 12/05/2013) Nelson Mandela, who emerged from three decades in prison as a living martyr in the battle against apartheid to become the first Black president of South Africa, died Dec. 5 in ...

JOHANNESBURG, Dec 5 (Reuters) - South African anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela died peacefully at home at the age of 95 on Thursday after months fighting a lung infection, leaving his nation and the ...

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Former DUP leader denies 18 alleged historical child sex offences A woman who claims former DUP leader Jeffrey Donaldson raped her as a child has told a court in Newry she regrets not contacting ...

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, an extraordinary moral authority who became South Africa's first black president and inspired the peaceful transfer of power in the harshly segregated nation, has died.