The United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize aims to recognize the ... In 2007, she adopted the Greek village, Makistos, destroyed by fires, and she rebuilt the whole village.

Mvezo is a village in the Eastern Cape of South Africa where Nelson Mandela was born. Nelson Mandela died at his Johannesburg home in 2013.

The funeral has been held of South Africa's first black President Nelson Mandela ... of state and government - congregated in Mr Mandela's home village of Qunu. Mr Mandela has been hailed as ...

This week, Nelson Mandela, affectionately referred to by his clan or family name, Madiba, would have turned 100. The legacy of this iconic leader lives on in the hearts of a nation and a global ...

Kundalassery and Vazhakkulam are two obscure villages in interior Kerala. Forget most of us, even those from these places may not know of their surprise connection to the legendary African leader Nels ...

In the winter of 1964, Nelson Mandela arrived on Robben Island where he would spend 18 of his 27 prison years. Confined to a small cell, the floor his bed, a bucket for a toilet, he was forced to ...