United Nations Nelson Mandela Prize Stories

From Kibera to global honour: Odede wins 2025 Nelson Mandela Prize for community leadership
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 29, 2025

SHOFCO’s impact goes beyond services; it mobilises communities through the SHOFCO Urban Network, empowering over two million Kenyans to lead change lo...

South Africa unity government to include ANC and pro-business DA
Reuters  |  Jun 14, 2024

The ANC lost its majority for the first time in an election on May 29 and spent two weeks in talks with other parties that went down to the wire on Fr...

South Africa's camaraderie with Palestine goes way back in time
Amina Wako  |  Feb 27, 2024

Yasser Arafat’s Palestinian Liberation Organisation had been a resolute supporter of Mandela’s struggle against white minority rule.

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