Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In late 2023 and early 2024, as the Israel-Hamas conflict continued and Israel bombarded Gaza, many online began to share a quote ...

South Africans go to the polls on Wednesday, and the country is facing a turning point. The ANC, the African National Congress, has been in power for the last 30 years, ever since Nelson Mandela took ...

Nelson Mandela was always uncomfortable talking about his own death. But not because he was afraid or in doubt. He was uncomfortable because he understood that people wanted him to offer homilies ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africans celebrated their “Freedom Day” on Saturday, commemorating their country’s pivotal first democratic election on April 27, 1994, that announced the official end ...

An expat’s guide to understanding the hidden history beneath your feet. You’re walking through your new neighbourhood when you notice it: Avenue du Président Nelson Mandela in Paris, or Place Nelson ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's chief executive is remembering Nelson Mandela as "a colossus of freedom." Gov. Tom Corbett issued a statement Thursday that said the world lost one of its ...

From Nelson Mandela's favorite food to his life in prison. Photographs of former South African President Nelson Mandela are displayed at the Nelson Mandela Legacy Exhibition at the Civic Centre in ...

(Reuters) - Nelson Mandela was hailed on Thursday as a champion of reconciliation who "achieved more than could be expected of any man," as people the world over mourned his death and celebrated his ...