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South Africa's Mandela still 'critical but stable'

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JOHANNESBURG - Ailing anti-apartheid leader and former South African President Nelson Mandela remained in hospital on Monday in a "critical but stable" condition, the government said. | Video

South Africa's Mandela still 'critical but stable'

JOHANNESBURG - Ailing anti-apartheid leader and former South African President Nelson Mandela remained in hospital on Monday in a "critical but stable" condition, the government said. | Video

World, Africa 01 Jul 2013

Obama urges Africa to follow spirit of Nelson Mandela

CAPE TOWN - President Barack Obama said on Sunday the United States would help propel Africa along a path of prosperity and peace, and urged the continent to follow the example of Nelson Mandela. | Video

World, Africa 30 Jun 2013

Obamas tour Mandela's island jail before Africa speech

CAPE TOWN - U.S. President Barack Obama and his family visited South Africa's bleak former prison of Robben Island on Sunday to pay tribute to ex-inmate Nelson Mandela, now critically ill in hospital. | Video

World, Africa 30 Jun 2013

Obama meets Mandela family, police disperse protesters

JOHANNESBURG - U.S. President Barack Obama met the family of South Africa's ailing anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela on Saturday, offering words of comfort and praising the critically ill retired statesman as one of history's greatest figures. | Video

World, Africa 30 Jun 2013

Obama meets Mandela family, police disperse protesters

JOHANNESBURG - U.S. President Barack Obama met the family of South Africa's ailing anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela on Saturday, offering words of comfort and praising the critically ill retired statesman as one of history's greatest figures. | Video

Africa, World 29 Jun 2013

Looking to Africa's future, Obama to cite Mandela, civil rights

JOHANNESBURG - President Barack Obama will challenge Africans to renew efforts to expand economic growth and democratic government in a speech Sunday, invoking the legacies of Nelson Mandela and the U.S. civil rights movement in overcoming obstacles to achieve change.

World, Africa 29 Jun 2013

Obama meets relatives of Nelson Mandela in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG - U.S. President Barack Obama met with family members of ailing former South African leader Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg on Saturday.

Africa 29 Jun 2013

Obamas meet relatives of Nelson Mandela in South Africa

JOHANNESBURG - U.S. President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle met with family members of ailing former South African leader Nelson Mandela in Johannesburg on Saturday.

Africa 29 Jun 2013

Mandela remains 'critical but stable'

JOHANNESBURG - Former South African president Nelson Mandela's condition remains "critical but stable" but the government hopes the 94-year-old anti-apartheid hero will be out of hospital soon, President Jacob Zuma said on Saturday. | Video

World, Africa 29 Jun 2013