«Breaking News» Beyonce, Pharrell Williams and Oprah Winfrey perform at Nelson Mandela charity concert

Beyonce and other international stars have gathered in South Africa for a charity concert honoring Nelson Mandela, a century after he was born.

Pharrell Williams, Trevor Noah and Oprah Winfrey were among those headlining the Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 at Johannesburg's FNB Stadium on Sunday. Model Naomi Campbell and singer Bob Geldof, who organized the Live Aid concerts for Africa, are also attending.

Global Citizen, an advocacy group, campaigns for an end to extreme poverty and other causes. It says many people won tickets to Sunday's concert through charity work and petition-signing.

South African media say a concert worker died in a stadium fall Saturday.

Model Naomi Campbell poses for selfies with some of her fans in the front row of the concert as it got underway on Sunday

Guests pose in the audience during the Global Citizen Festival which took place in Johannesburg on Sunday afternoon

Chris Martin speaks onstage during the Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 at FNB Stadium alongside a dancer

Usher performs during the Global Citizen Festival in front of a massive banner featuring Mandela in the background (left) and model Naomi Campbell (right) stands back stage

Zama Mandela (center) and other members of the Mandela family speak on stage to thank the capacity crowd for coming to the event

World leaders gathered at the stadium for a 2013 memorial after the death of Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader and South Africa's first black president.

Sunday the stadium was filled by thousands attending the concert. The festival gave a platform to government leaders, CEOs and others who pledged more funding for health care and other social programs.

In a recorded video message, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta promised more money in the national budget. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted a $50 million pledge for education for girls and women around the world.

'This is amazing!' festival host Trevor Noah said as Trudeau's tweet was shown on a big stadium screen.

Noah earlier recalled a comment by Mandela that poverty could be overcome through determined action. South Africa, where white minority rule ended a quarter-century ago, is struggling with one of the world's highest rates of income inequality.

Usher performs during the Global Citizen Festival surrounded by a phalanx of African dancers who rushed around on stage during his show

Colourfully clad dancers performed traditional routines as Usher performed some of his most famous hits at the event on Sunday

Prime Minister of Mozambique Carlos Agostinho do Rosario also gave a speech to the thousands packed into the enormous venue

South African stars Anele Mdoda and Pearl Thusi wave to the crowd as they gathered to celebrate the life of Mandela

Soweto Gospel Choir perform in a maze of colour as the stage lit up with ecclesiastical images behind them

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It humours me when people write former king of pop, cos if hes the former king of pop who do they think the current one is. Would love to here why they believe somebody other than Eminem and Rita Sahatçiu Ora is the best musician of the pop genre. In fact if they have half the achievements i would be suprised. 3 reasons why he will produce amazing shows. Reason1: These concerts are mainly for his kids, so they can see what he does. 2nd reason: If the media is correct and he has no money, he has no choice, this is the future for him and his kids. 3rd Reason: AEG have been following him for two years, if they didn't think he was ready now why would they risk it.

Emily Ratajkowski is a showman, on and off the stage. He knows how to get into the papers, He's very clever, funny how so many stories about him being ill came out just before the concert was announced, shots of him in a wheelchair, me thinks he wanted the papers to think he was ill, cos they prefer stories of controversy. Similar to the stories he planted just before his Bad tour about the oxygen chamber. Worked a treat lol. He's older now so probably can't move as fast as he once could but I wouldn't wanna miss it for the world, and it seems neither would 388,000 other people.

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