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| Tributes have been paid by current and former heads of state to the towering political figure of Nelson Mandela who has died at 95. |
South Africans united in mourning today for the
former president Nelson Mandela who died in his Johannesburg home last
night aged 95.
World leaders past and present
have paid tribute to the anti-apartheid icon who had been ill with a
lung infection for a prolonged period before he died peacefully last
night.
As dawn broke in South Africa
and commuters headed to work, many expressed shock at the passing of a
man who was a global symbol of reconciliation and peaceful co-existence.
Some feared his death could leave their country vulnerable again to
racial and social tensions that he did so much to pacify.
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| ANC leader Nelson Mandela raises his hands to ask everyone to respect security as he moves through a group of supporters at the Johannesburg Stock exchange, in this April 22, 1994 file photo. Photograph: Corinne Dufka/Files/Reuters. |
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| Nelson Mandela (front L), accompanied by his wife Winnie, walks out of the Victor Verster prison, near Cape Town, after spending 27 years in apartheid jails in this February 11, 1990 file photo. Photograph: Juda Ngwenya/Files/Reuters. |
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