Former South African president Nelson Mandela has passed away at the age of 95.
BBC News reports South African President Jacob Zuma announced on national television this morning that Mandela had passed away peacefully at his Johannesburg home.
Mandela had been receiving intense home-based medical care for a lung infection after three months in hospital.
Zuma said South Africa's thoughts and prayers are with the Mandela family.
Mandela was elected as South Africa's president in 1994 and was an iconic figurehead in international protests against South Africa's system of racial segregation known as apartheid.
He was sentenced to prison for 27 years in 1964 before being released in 1990.
Story by: Sofaia Koroitanoa
