The government has 12 days to receive heads of state, dignitaries, personal friends and other well-wishers
Africa
Nelson Mandela’s Extraordinary Life: An Interactive Timeline
Nelson Mandela TIME Covers Throughout the Years
A glimpse at the anti-apartheid icon’s impact through six magazine covers.
World Leaders Mourn the Death of Nelson Mandela
President Obama, Prime Minister Cameron and Secretary General Ban Ki Moon are among the many across the globe who paid tribute to the South African leader who died on Thursday
Paul Kagame on Nelson Mandela: a Politician Capable of the Remarkable
The president of Rwanda recalls his fellow African leader
A Leader and a Champion
South Africa’s rugby captain remembers when Mandela used sport for national healing
Celebrities React To Mandela’s Passing
American and other Western celebrities mourn the death of Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s inspirational freedom fighter and first black President.
South Africa Faces Difficulties After Mandela
Dignitaries from all over the world are expected to attend his funeral
Freeman: How I Got to Play the Hero
An actor recalls the moment Nelson Mandela changed his life
The Indispensable Man: Nelson Mandela (1918–2013)
Mandela made himself indispensable by dispensing with the things that empowered tyrants: pride, power, anger and vengeance
Bono Honors The Man Who Could Not Cry
Humor, humility and the ability to compromise were the marks of the man
Nelson Mandela, 1918–2013: Remembering an Icon of Freedom
TIME’s former managing editor writes about the man he knew — a prisoner turned peacemaker who carried South Africa out of apartheid and changed the world
American Teacher Killed in Libya
The chemistry teacher at a local school was reportedly jogging near where the U.S. Ambassador was killed last year when he was shot