Nelson Mandela, South Africa's anti-apartheid icon, dies aged 95...

Nelson Mandela, the global statesman who delivered South Africa from the dark days of apartheid, has died aged 95.

Mr Mandela has suffered from a series of lung infections over the past two years and died at home.

His wife, Graca Machel, and some of his three children, 17 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren were with him in his final days, with other family and friends in attendance.

The former president's body will most likely to taken to the Waterkloof Military Base in Pretoria, where it will be embalmed and prepared for public display.

 A memorial service at Soweto's FNB stadium, where Mr Mandela made his last public appearance at the closing ceremony of the football World Cup in July 2010, is expected to be attended by tens of thousands of people including foreign heads of state. Full story...

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