Nelson Mandela celebrates 89th birthday
Nelson Mandela celebrates his 89th birthday in South Africa today with a star-studded soccer match and the launch of a humanitarian campaign along with former President Jimmy Carter, ex-UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan and other “elders” of the global village.
Messages of support began rolling in from all corners of the world while a local poll found that Mandela, known affectionately as Madiba, was becoming more popular with age.
