NELSON MANDELA 1918 - 2013: Freedom fighter, prisoner, president, global icon - the world mourns passing of man who freed his country and became an inspiration to billions























REST IN PEACE TO A NOBLE AND PEACEMAKER  OF THE 21ST CENTURY - 
NELSON MANDELA
Mr Mandela passed away at home after a long battle against illness. He was 95. He is pictured here accompanied by his wife Winnie walking out of Victor Verster Prison near Cape Town, a free man after 26 years of imprisonmentMr Mandela's efforts to heal his country after its long history of division made him one of the world¿s most loved leaders, viewed by millions of Africans as a secular saintNelson Mandela whose courage in the face of persecution made him the most potent symbol of the struggle against apartheid - died last night