Today we celebrate the late, great Nelson Mandela’s birthday. The anti-apartheid activist, politician and philanthropist served as the first native President of South Africa— after serving 27 years in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Born in 1918, Mandela became involved in protests against the racist policies of South Africa's government in his 20s, and is ...

Nelson Mandela's granddaughter Ndileka Mandela isn't sure why people are "making a mountain out of a mole hill" over Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's use of the late social justice activist's quotes.

Though he officially retired from public life in 1999, Nelson Mandela continues to exert his influence in shaping international policy on topics such as Africa, Iraq, AIDS and the United Nations. For ...