While Chinese officials this week joined the chorus of global praise for the late Nelson Mandela, the autocratic regime in Beijing drew the line at comparing the anti-Apartheid icon with imprisoned ...

Every autumn, a handful of surprise phone calls from Stockholm and Oslo send ripples across the globe. Every October, a handful of names suddenly dominate international headlines. Sometimes they are ...

Nelson Mandela Is Feeling Better The 94-year-old former president of South Africa is on the mend after being admitted to the hospital for the third time in fourth months earlier this week after a ...

Nelson Mandela, the first black president of South Africa and Nobel Prize winner, was finally released from the hospital after a three month stay, the longest since he was released from prison in 1990 ...

(CNN) — Here is a look at the life of Nelson Mandela, Nobel Peace Prize winner and former president of South Africa. He was given the name Nelson by a school teacher. He was sometimes called Madiba, ...