African union honours Nelson Mandela's Pan-Africanism - Times LIVE: "African Union leaders gathered Sunday to mourn the death of Nelson Mandela, honouring the former anti-apartheid leader’s fight for pan-Africanism and liberation on the continent.“Madiba’s life was the mirror image of the continent for the liberation of which he so relentlessly fought,” AU Chairman and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said, referring to Mandela.
Photos of Mandela flanked the AU headquarters in the Ethiopian capital, while video footage of the former South African president played throughout the memorial service."
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