(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121211-madiba-2a.photoblog600.jpg)Alexander Joe / AFP - Getty ImagesFormer South Africa President Nelson Mandela, seen here in murals painted on a Soweto wall, is being treated in the hospital for a lung infection.By NBC News staff and wire reportsFormer South African President Nelson Mandela has suffered a recurrence of a lung infection, according to a government statement Tuesday.
Follow @NBCNewsWorld (https://twitter.com/NBCNewsWorld) Mandela, 94, was admitted to hospital on Saturday for medical tests, although the government said then that there was no cause for alarm.
A statement was posted Tuesday (http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/pebble.asp?relid=7449) on the South African president’s website providing an update on his condition.
“Doctors have concluded the tests, and these have revealed a recurrence of a previous lung infection, for which Madiba is receiving appropriate treatment and he is responding to the treatment,” it said.
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