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June 28, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
President Obama in Africa: Nelson Mandela’s Illness
President Obama met Nelson Mandela in 2005, when he was a senator from Illinois and speaks of him with glowing terms. Many Africans and Americans had hoped that the president’s trip to Africa would p…
February 7, 2012
South Africa
Lessons Learned: Nelson Mandela’s Release from Prison
CFR’s James M. Lindsay discusses Nelson Mandela’s release from prison in February 1990 and his subsequent rise to the presidency to show how individuals shape history.
September 5, 2013
Sub-Saharan Africa
Nelson Mandela Returns Home from Hospital
On September 1, Nelson Mandela was released from the hospital after an eighty-nine day stay and returned to his Johannesburg house. According to the presidency, Mandela’s condition “remains critical …
February 7, 2012
South Africa
Lessons Learned: Nelson Mandela’s Release from Prison
Nelson Mandela's release from prison has lessons for understanding international relations today.
March 1, 2012
Sub-Saharan Africa
South African Preoccupation with Nelson Mandela’s Health
This week, former president Nelson Mandela was briefly hospitalized for "a minor diagnostic procedure" and then released with a clean bill of health. He is staying at his house in Houghton, a suburb …
