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ifill: nelson mandela's death was formally announced late today by south africa's current president jacob zuma. he expressed the country's love and sense of loss for their iconic leader, often referred to, out of respect, by his clan name, madiba. >> our beloved mandela, thefounr democratic nation, has departed. he passed on peacefully, in the company of his family, around 2050, on the 5th of december, 2013. he is now resting. he is now at peace. is our nation has lost -- our nation has lost its greatest son. our people have lost a father. although we knew that this day would come, nothing can diminish our sense of the profound and enduring loss. his kind of struggle for freedom and in the respect of the world, his humility, his combustion and his humanity and in their love, our thoughts and prayers are with the mandela family, our thoughts are with the south african people, who today, mourn the loss of the one president who, more than any other, came to embody their sense of a common nation. our thoughts are with the millions of people across the world who embraced madiba as their own. a