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Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital with a lung
infection, the office of South African President Jacob Zuma says.
In a statement on its website, it said the former president
had had a lung infection for several days.
His condition deteriorated on Saturday morning and he was
transferred to a hospital in Pretoria. He is said to be in a "serious but
stable condition".
According to the BBC,
Mandela, 94, has recently suffered a series of health problems.
His illness is described as a recurrence of a lung
infection, which has troubled him repeatedly over recent years.
Mandela, South Africa's first black president, was taken to
hospital at about 01:30 local time.
In April he was released from hospital after a 10-day stay
caused by pneumonia.
Mac Maharaj, South Africa's presidential spokesman, told the
BBC he was receiving expert medical
care.
Doctors were doing everything possible to make him
comfortable and better, he added.
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