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Mandela still alive after embarrassing Bush remark Fri Sep 21, 8:15 AM ET JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Nelson Mandela is still very much alive despite an embarrassing gaffe by U.S. President George W. Bush, who alluded to the former South African leader's death in an attempt to explain sectarian violence in Iraq. "It's out there. All we can do is reassure people, especially South Africans, that President Mandela is alive," Achmat Dangor, chief executive officer of the Nelson Mandela Foundation, said as Bush's comments received worldwide coverage. In a speech defending his administration's Iraq policy, Bush said former Iraqi President Saddam...

The passing of Rosa Parks and The Millions More March mark the ending of one era and perhaps the start of a new cycle in the long struggle of African peoples for justice and self-determination. A new movement moves to a higher level if it draws on history and uses that history and the best of its cultural traditions as guides through the current set of conditions. For example, one of the most poignant pictures aired in tribute to Rosa Parks shows her being hugged by Nelson and Winnie Mandela. A reading of our history reveals that two years after...

Nelson Mandela never wanted America to respect the rule of racist South Africa. So why does he now want America to respect the "sovereignty" of Iraq? In his interview with Newsweek earlier this week, he declared America a "threat to world peace," saying that the U.S. harbors an attitude dangerous to "the sovereignty of other countries." "The United States has made serious mistakes in the conduct of its foreign affairs," he said, citing, among others, America's Cold War decision to "arm and finance the mujahedin" against the Soviets. America's plans for Iraq, he continued, are "clearly a decision that is...