Hunger-striking Attawapiskat First Nation Chief Theresa Spence is the reincarnation of Mahatma Ghandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. She is becoming the ...

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa - South African President Jacob Zuma says anti-apartheid icon Nelson Mandela is "recuperating" after falling ill from a rec...

JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela is suffering from a recurring lung infection and is responding to medical treatments, th...

I believe HIV is no longer a death sentence. I have had it for a decade and I have lived a full life. I have unfortunately lost many people as a result of it and for the last decade, it had consumed me as an advocate for its people who have succumbed to it as victims. In fact -- that activism has taken me from the most hopeless situation to that of hope -- in the home of my personal hero - Nelson "Madiba" Mandela.

Innoversity is a not-for-profit organization that has spent the past 13 years struggling with some success "to create opportunities for cultural minority, Aboriginal and disabled Canadians to actively engage with, and be reflected within, key social sectors and institutions." That's institution-speak for fighting racism and all the other isms that still stain our society, particularly our media.

I felt a kinship with lawyer Masoud Shafii because I can sense he is driven by the same conviction I am when fighting for Iranian hostages to be free. To punish him, the Iranian regime has confiscated his passport. He cannot travel freely and is prohibited him from practicing law. The time has come for us to speak out and tell the Iranian regime that we will not stand by while they commit injustices to this courageous defender of justice.

Former South African president Nelson Mandela was released from hospital Sunday, a day after being admitted for a long-standing abdominal...