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Humanitarian award for Fidel Castro

The government's National Heritage Council said Thursday that Castro was the third recipient of its Ubuntu Award. The two previous winners were Africans - former South African President Nelson Mandela and former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda.

Africans revere Castro for his support of anti-colonial rebellions and of the anti-apartheid movement. Castro attended Mandela's 1994 inauguration. -- AP

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