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  1. Nelson Mandela, the former South African president whose stubborn defiance survived 27 years in prison and led to the dismantling of the country's racist and brutal apartheid system, has died. Mandela was 95 years old. Mandela had a number of issues with

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  1. Jimmy Kimmel has a sign language interpreter make sense of gestures from Tuesday's memorial.

  2. The Nelson Mandela Foundation has paid tribute to the late Joel Joffe, a South Africa-born human rights lawyer who defended Mandela during a 1960s trial at which the anti-apartheid leader was sentenced to life in prison

  3. Today in History Today is Tuesday, June 20, the 171st day of 2017. There are 194 days left in the year. Summer begins at 9:24 p.m. Pacific time/10:24 p.m. Mountain time/11:24 p.m. Central time (12:24 a.m. Eastern time June 21). Today's Highlight in History: On June 20, 1967, boxer Muhammad Ali was

  4. Trailblazing South Africa equestrian turns to new generation of young black riders

  5. Namibia is planning a state funeral for Herman Andimba Toivo ya Toivo, an independence leader who was jailed alongside Nelson Mandela during South Africa's era of white minority rule

  6. Marci Gonzalez is a correspondent, reporting for weekend editions of Good Morning America and World News Tonight, as well as for ABC News’ affiliate news service, NewsOne. After four years being based in New York City for the network, Gonzalez now works out of ABC’s Los Angeles bureau. Since

  7. If Cape Town is on your to-do list, you’re not alone: South Africa forges forward to attract visitors all over the world, and the word is out -- its second most populous city is diverse, eclectic and notoriously laid-back. For many, it’s the threshold to bucket list-style and world-class safari

  8. Good evening in South Africa today the circle was finally fully closed Nelson Mandela who served so many years in prison. Has been sworn in as the president while so many of those who kept him behind bars looked on. There is so much to do in the country now jobs and housing and education and health

  9. Today marks the anniversary of Nelson Mandela's inauguration as South Africa's first democratically-elected president in 1994. Mandela stepped down from office in 1999 after one term. Mandela spent his life fighting to end apartheid in South Africa. In 1962, when Mandela was leader of the African

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