Obama pays tribute as ailing Mandela turns 95
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - US President Barack Obama paid warm tribute to South Africa's Nelson Mandela for his 95th birthday on Thursday, which the anti-apartheid icon will spend in hospital recovering from a lung infection. Obama's message came as Mandela's youngest daughter Zindzi said her father was making "remarkable" progress, and as admirers around the world prepared to honour the former South African president's legacy with a wave of charitable acts. [caption id="attachment_379050" align="alignnone" width="412"] *Obama[/caption] Obama, who visited South Africa last month but was unable to see Mandela because of his illness, was fulsome in his praise of the former statesman, referring to him by his clan name, Madiba. "Our family was deeply moved by our visit to Madiba's former cell on Robben Island during our recent trip to South Africa, and we will forever draw strength and inspiration from his extraordinary example of...