QUNU, South Africa – His flag-draped casket resting on a carpet of animal skins, Nelson Mandela was laid to rest Sunday in the green, rolling hills of the eastern hamlet where he began his ...

Thousands filed past the casket of Nelson Mandela to pay their respects to the former South African president and anti-apartheid icon Thousands filed past the casket of Nelson Mandela to pay their ...

Some made the sign of the cross, others simply spent a few moments gazing at Mandela's face through a glass bubble atop the coffin at the Union Buildings, the government offices in South Africa's ...

PRETORIA, South Africa — World leaders and thousands of South Africans on Wednesday filed past the flag-draped casket containing the body of Nelson Mandela, having a final look at the anti-apartheid ...

QUNU, South Africa -- South Africans buried their anti-apartheid hero, Nelson Mandela, in the Eastern Cape hills where he was born, after a stirring ceremony marked by stories of his mischievous side ...

As part of preparations, Nelson Mandela's casket was moved to a military hospital ahead of Sunday's funeral in Qunu, where he grew up. Hundreds tried to move past police to pay their last respects.

PRETORIA: Thousands of people lined up o say goodbye to Nelson Mandela, whose body lay in state in Pretoria in the building where the anti-apartheid hero was inaugurated in 1994 as South Africa’s ...

Nelson Mandela, first President of a free South Africa, last of the great African liberators and an icon to all humanity, looks beautiful in death. He lies in a wooden casket with a glass cover over ...

QUNU, South Africa -- His flag-draped casket resting on a carpet of animal skins, Nelson Mandela was laid to rest Sunday in the green, rolling hills of the eastern hamlet where he began his ...

PRETORIA, South Africa — World leaders and thousands of South Africans on Wednesday filed past the flag-draped casket containing the body of Nelson Mandela, having a final look at the anti-apartheid ...

SOUTH AFRICA: Thousands of people lined up o say goodbye to Nelson Mandela, whose body lay in state in Pretoria in the building where the anti-apartheid hero was inaugurated in 1994 as South Africa’s ...

UAB students, staff and faculty are being urged to take part in Nelson Mandela International Day with volunteer efforts. The commemoration, established by the U.N., is held each year on July 18, ...