Nelson Mandela Death

Nelson Mandela's state funeral held as several thousands guests gather

Big guns fired a salute in the rural village where Nelson Mandela grew up and military servicemen marched stiffly behind his casket on a winding dirt road Sunday as South Africa said goodbye for the last time to the man who reconciled the country in its most vulnerable period.

Preparations begin for Nelson Mandela's state funeral

South African military honor guards are marching and guests are arriving ahead of the state funeral for Nelson Mandela.

No invitation sent to Desmond Tutu for Mandela funeral: SA government

The South African government confirmed Saturday that it did not send any invitation to Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu to attend former president Nelson Mandela's funeral, as it did not send any invitation to anybody.

450 guests to be allowed at Nelson Mandela's burial site during funeral

Around 450 guests will be allowed at the burial site during former South African president Nelson Mandela's funeral, the government said Saturday.

Nelson Mandela's conflicted history with the US

The Nelson Mandela eulogized to the world by President Barack Obama as "a giant of history" and the "last great liberator of the 20th century" seemed a different person from the one the United States held at arm's length, to put it diplomatically, for much of his life and career.

Obama in SA for Mandela funeral, to deliver key note speech

Rather than view himself as a counterpart to Mandela, Obama has said he sees himself as one of the countless millions who drew inspiration from Mandela's life.

Music for Nelson Mandela: A video playlist of tributes to Madiba

He epitomised humanity in its most positive form, personifying values like equality and respect for human rights in his youth, and the quality of forgiveness after his release from prison.

Music, movies, poems: How Nelson Mandela inspired pop culture

Artists were equally drawn to the man and to what he stood for.

World grieves Nelson Mandela's demise with a deluge of tweets

The Mahatma Gandhi of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, breathed his last on December 5. Mandela, formerly the President of South Africa was instrumental in

'We have lost a father,' Jacob Zuma says of Mandela's passing

The following is reaction to the death of Nelson Mandela on Thursday at age 95.