i'm darren jordan from al jazeera americnewsal jazeeraa and london. in south africa nelson mandela's body is headed to his home where he'll be buried on sunday. >> news from europe including uncertainty for germany and europe with a backing of a grand coalition. >>> and thousands of supporters for the ukrainian president stage a counter rally in kiev. >> welcome to the program. it's been an emotional day in south africa as nelson mandela's body made it's way home. the former south african president is now at his ancestralvillage in q unu where he'll be buried on sunday. >> in a life of contrast. from a statesman sent off in pretoria to his home where thousands came oh out to say good buy. >> i came just to pay respect. >> as you can see, mixed races and everything, this is what he means. he made everything possible for us. we say thank you to mandela. [♪ singing ] >> earlier in pretoria a stirring farewell by the party. the african national congress that mandela had served for most of his life. the tributes were led by jacob zuma. >> he combined two t