South Africans of all races flocked to houses of worship Sunday for a national day of prayer and reflection to honor Nelson Mandela, unified in their love for a historic figure whose funeral is expected to be one of the biggest in modern times.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is scheduled to travel to South Africa on Sunday to attend the official memorial service for former South African President Nelson Mandela, a UN spokesman said Saturday.
President Barack Obama will attend the national memorial service in Johannesburg on Tuesday for former South African president Nelson Mandela who died on Thursday, the White House said.
US President Barack Obama and his two predecessors, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, will all travel to South Africa next week for memorial events in honor of Nelson Mandela
US President Barack Obama will fly to South Africa next week for memorial events in honor of Nelson Mandela, the White House said Friday.
Former South African President Nelson Mandela will be laid to rest at his ancestral village of Qunu in the Eastern Cape on December 15, President Jacob Zuma said on Friday.
President Vladimir Putin said Friday Nelson Mandela was a symbol of an entire epoch in Africa's modern history.
Many Zimbabweans on Friday paid tribute to former South African president Nelson Mandela who died the previous day.
Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi on Friday offered condolences over the death of former South African president Nelson Mandela.
Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete said on Friday that Africa and the world in general have lost an iconic leader of the 20th and 21st centuries following the death of South Africa's first black president Nelson Mandela, who died on Thursday at the age of 95.
Ghanaian president John Dramani Mahama paid a tribute to the late Nelson Mandela, saying the former South African leader had created a new moral compass for South Africa and for the entire continent.
After reading more than five works of a million words, Li Yong finished writing his 100,000-word book, Freedom and Forgiveness: the Biography of Mandela.
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