Nelson Mandela, whose successful struggle against ... him a global symbol for the cause of human rights and earned him the Nobel Prize, would have turned 100 years old today.

In 1993, Nelson Mandela was jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize with his former adversary, president FW de Klerk, South Africa’s last apartheid leader. The two leaders were a symbol of ...

February 11, 1990 – Nelson Mandela freed from prison ... Mandela tells Liel that he will nominate Arafat and Rabin for a shared Nobel Peace Prize in 1994, which they would ultimately be ...

Will native son and national hero Nelson Mandela survive his latest bout with ... Frederik Willem de Klerk, received the Nobel Peace Prize for shepherding democratic reforms and the peaceful ...

Nelson Mandela was born in 1918 into the Madiba tribal ... Despite many years in jail, he emerged to become He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993. Resistance to apartheid grew, mainly against ...

Prior award recipients include Nelson Mandela, Mother Theresa, the Dalai Lama and Martin Luther King Jr. Reviewers describe their visits to the Nobel Peace Prize as hit or miss. Although some say ...