Thursday, December 5, 2013
Nelson Mandela, World Humanitarian, Dies at 95
Nelson Mandela, world humanitarian and former South African President, has died. The news came from South African President Jacob Zuma during a press conference late Thursday.
(via CNN)
"He is now resting. He is now at peace," Zuma said.The revolutionary died peacefully in his home in the Johannesburg suburb of Houghton. He was 95.
"Our nation has lost its greatest son. Our people have lost a father."
"What made Nelson Mandela great was precisely what made him human," the president said in his late-night address. "We saw in him what we seek in ourselves."
(via CNN)
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