(CNN)-- Nelson Mandela, anti-apartheid icon ... released Mandela in February 1990 after 27 years in prison. Mandela was elected president of the African National Congress the following year ...

1. Nelson Mandela was the first black president of South Africa from 1994-1999 and the first president elected after the end of apartheid, an extensive system of segregation and discrimination ...

JOHANNESBURG—The party that ended apartheid in South Africa 30 years ago risks losing its absolute majority for the first time in national elections—a rebuke for years of government corruption ...

Nelson Mandela was a South African revolutionary political figure and activist. Universally praised for publicly spearheading opposition to apartheid, he became the country's first democratically ...

On May 10, 1994, Nelson Mandela was voted as the first democratically elected President of South Africa. He is regarded as the ‘Father of the Nation’ in South Africa. Nelson Mandela was an ...

Ndaba Mandela, the grandson of Nelson Mandela, says South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa, needs to be 'stronger' to lead South Africa forward. Mandela told Today that he had confidence in the ...

The finale of the concert was scheduled as Queen, Amy Winehouse and Jerry Dammers performing "Free Nelson ... De Niro. Mandela served as his country's first democratically elected president ...

The United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize aims to recognize the ... She is a Goodwill Ambassador of UNESCO since 1999, founder and president of “Marianna V. Vardinoyannis Foundation ...

One episode focuses on Nelson Mandela ... After his release in 1990, Mandela negotiated an end to racial segregation. He became its first Black president – and a revered figure on the global ...

Nelson Mandela was a famous leader. A man who went from being a prisoner to a President and became an inspiration to people all over the world! Mandela was born in 1918 in South Africa.