Nelson Mandela has died at the age of 95

Nelson Mandela has died at the age of 95 at his home in Johannesburg.  He was born in 1912. He was the son of the chief. He was named  Madiba by his clan.  In 1964 was sentenced to life in prison. He spent 18 years of his 27 years in prison in Robben Island.  He became the first  African president in 1994.  He stepped down as a president in 1999. He won Nobel Peace Prize with F.W. De Clerk in 1993. South Africans has gathered in Johannesburg and Soweto to mourn their former leader Nelson Mandela. He last appeared in public during the  world cup in 2010. Pope honors Mandela for forming new South Africa. Flags will be lowered to half mast across South Africa amd in some countries like Tanzania, France, India and USA. He will be buried in Qunu- his birth place on December 15. May his soul rest in eternal peace,

Mandela's cell in Robben Island.

In 1994 Nelson Mandela visited his South African Robben Island where he spent 18 of his 27 years in prison.