WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — On Dec. 5, 2013, anti-apartheid leader Nelson Mandela died. Mandela was South Africa’s first Black president following apartheid domination in the country. “As head of state ...

U.S. President Barack Obama addressed the nation Thursday after the death of Nelson Mandela, heralding South Africa’s inspirational freedom fighter: “[Mandela] no longer belongs to us, he belongs to ...

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Nelson Mandela's widow was forced to get accreditation to attend his memorial service and could only bring four family members as his clan squabbled after his death, the South ...

In the hours after Nelson Mandela passed away, hundreds of people gathered outside of his home in Johannesburg. Some bowed their heads in mourning, while others sang and danced in joyous celebration ...

The world woke up to sad news of Nelson Mandela's death when South African President Jacob Zuma addressed the nation on television. Mandela had been in and out of hospital and passed on aged 95. The ...

The recollections and analysis of UC Santa Cruz alumni figured prominently after the death of former South African President Nelson Mandela earlier this month. When Douglas Foster (Kresge, ’76, ...

As a foreign correspondent for the Washington Post, Lynne Duke, who died April 19, 2013, at the age of 56, covered the late Nelson Mandela’s release from prison in 1990 and his presidency. Her ...

Nelson Mandela and his wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, gesture as Mandela walks free from the Victor Verster Prison in Paarl, Cape Town, South Africa after serving 27 years in prison. [AP Photo] ...

The fallout from the now-infamous deaf non-interpreter at last week's Nelson Mandela memorial in South Africa got even worse on Monday. According to a relative and multiple friends of Thamsanqa ...

JOHANNESBURG — Nelson Mandela is being kept alive by a breathing machine and faces “impending death,” court documents show. The former president’s health is “perilous,” according to documents filed in ...