AIDS Activist Nelson Mandela Passes Away

Nelson Mandela, who passed away yesterday at the age of 95, was one of the first public figures that broke the taboo over AIDS in South Africa, a disease that claimed his son's life. Mandela, who died Thursday aged 95, faced criticism for saying little about the pandemic while he was president from 1994 to 1999, but became increasingly vocal in later years as the country was ravaged by the disease. "Africans are very conservative on questions of sex. They ...