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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africans marked Nelson Mandela's birthday on Friday with charitable acts in honor of the former president, whose death in December...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The families of two women who have sought to be recognized as children of Nelson Mandela have contacted the executors of...

QUNU, South Africa (AP) — His flag-draped casket resting on a carpet of animal skins, Nelson Mandela was laid to rest Sunday in the...

NELSON MANDELA (AP File Photo) by Jason Straziuso JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Nelson Mandela is in critical but stable condition, the South African government said Friday, while a close friend said the anti-apartheid leader was conscious and responsive earlier this week.

A wellwisher carrying get-well placard arrives at the Mediclinic Heart Hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated in Pretoria,...

NELSON MANDELA (AP Photo/File) JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Nelson Mandela's health is improving but the 94-year-old beloved anti-apartheid hero remains in serious condition, South Africa's president said Thursday. Jacob Zuma paid a visit to Mandela in a Pretoria hospital, where the former president has been treated for six days, according to a statement released by the presidency.

BACK AT HOME--This May 16, 2011 photo supplied by the South African Government Communications and Information Services, GCIS, shows former South African President Nelson...