Nelson Mandela hospitalized

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Former South African President Nelson Mandela has been admitted to the hospital due to complications from a recurring lung infection. He is listed in "serious but stable" condition.

Mandela was admitted to the hospital for the second time in two months on Saturday, with the office of President Jacob Zuma issuing a statement with the news.

"This morning at about 1:30 a.m. [2330 UTC Friday] his condition deteriorated and he was transferred to a Pretoria hospital. He remains in a serious but stable condition," the statement read.

Mandela, 94, was treated for pneumonia during a ten-day stay in the hospital back in April. He spent nearly three decades in jail as a result of his stance against the apartheid system in South Africa, but became president just a few years after he was released.

Mandela’s wife Graca Machel called off a trip to an international forum on hunger and nutrition in London on Saturday, to be at his bedside.

http://www.dw.de/nelson-mandela-hospitalized/a-16867819

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