Nelson Mandela
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Blair government had misgivings about Mandela mediation role over Lockerbie
Downing Street believed Nelson Mandela’s attempt to play mediator between it and the Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi over the question of compensation after the Lockerbie bombing was “unlikely to be…
‘Emulate his example’ urges UN chief as world celebrates Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela was an “extraordinary global advocate for dignity and equality” who anyone in public service should seek to emulate, Secretary-General António…
25 years since the end of Apartheid in South Africa
It was in 1994 that 46 years of apartheid came to an end and South Africans voted for a new future with…
Salient points from Obama’s speech
On Madiba's 100th birthday, we now stand at a crossroads – a moment in time at which two very different visions of…