Nelson Mandela, who has died aged 95, was the architect of South Africa’s transformation from racial despotism to liberal democracy, saving his country from civil war and becoming its first black president

Nelson Mandela: in his own

The most memorable quotations from former South African president and anti-apartheid hero Nelson Mandela, who has died aged 95

On facing the death penalty, Nelson Mandela spoke from the dock at the culmination of the Rivonia Trial in April 1964

Nelson Mandela, South Africa's anti-apartheid icon, dies aged 95

Nelson Mandela, the global statesman who delivered South Africa from the dark days of apartheid, has died aged 95.
 Mr Mandela had suffered from a series of lung infections over the past two years and died at home in the company of his family.

US lawsuit wants chimps to be treated as ‘legal persons’

Walking, talking chimpanzees may be TV comedy gold but now three courts in New York are being asked to recognize four chimps as "legal persons" with fundamental rights.