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Mandela Freed Sparks World Leaders Praise and Demands Reform
World leaders hailed Nelson Mandela’s release from prison outside Cape Town as a hopeful moment while urging swift reforms to end apartheid. Leaders from Britain, India, Gabon, and Nigeria joined calls for talks with the South African government, and the ANC pressed for lifting the state of emergency and freeing prisoners before negotiations.
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London
Nelson Mandela
Mandela
Cape Town
African National Congress
Our
National Liberation Movement
Atlanta
Coretta Scott King
ANC
Harare
Zimbabwe
F.W. de Klerk
Britain
European Community
Commonwealth of
South Africa
de Klerk
Margaret Thatcher
Joe Clark
Brian Mulroney