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Former South African president Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital with a recurrence of a lung infection. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh/The Irish Times tion

Nelson Mandela, the anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first black president, has been admitted to a hospital with a recurring lung infection, South Africa said Thursday. Mandela, 94, has become increasingly frail in recent years and has been hospitalized several times since last year, mostly recently earlier this month when he received what a presidential spokesman described as a "successful" medical test. Mandela was admitted to a hospital just before midnight Wedesday "due to the recurrence of his lung infection," the office of President Jacob Zuma said in a statement. President Jacob Zuma wished Mr Mandela a speedy recovery and urged South Africans and the world to pray for the former leader and his family.