Nelson Mandela, Anti-apartheid Icon And Father Of Modern South Africa, Dies-CNN, SaharaReporters

Late President Nelson Mandela, the revered statesman and well respected face of African in the global Arena is dead. He emerged from prison after 27 years to lead South Africa out of decades of apartheid, to become the First Post apartheid President of South Africa. 

According to Jacub Zuma, he died at the age of 95 years.

"He is now resting. He is now at peace," Zuma said. "Our nation has lost its greatest son. Our people have lost a father."

"What made Nelson Mandela great was precisely what made him human," the president said in his late-night address. "We saw in him what we seek in ourselves."
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President And Wife Not Admitted In German Hospital...Presidency

According to a report by Sahara Reporters, President Jonathan and First Lady Patience Jonathan, checked into a German hospital yesterday December 4th. The president left Abuja yesterday to attend a summit on Peace and Security in Africa organized by the French Government but Sahara Reporters claim a source in the presidency told them that the president left Nigeria due to health problems..

Contrary to the impression created that the trip was exclusively for the French-sponsored security summit, Mr. Jonathan and his wife will undergo tests and receive treatment in the same German hospital where his wife spent several months last year.

Our source added that the Nigerian president had been feeling unwell since returning from a recent trip to London where he was hospitalized for a serious stomach-related ailment. SaharaReporters had disclosed that the president fell seriously ill after a bout of bingeing on alcohol in celebration of his birthday.
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