Nelson Mandela s in hospital for tests, doing well and there was "no cause for alarm".

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Mandela in hospital 'for tests': South Africa's former leader Nelson Mandela is in hospital for tests, but say t... http://bbc.in/XCkr6J 

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Mandela in hospital 'for tests'

South Africa's former leader Nelson Mandela is in hospital for tests, but the president's office says there is no cause for alarm.

11:41 AM - 8 Dec 12 · Details

South Africa's Nelson Mandela in hospital 'for tests'

Nelson Mandela retired from public life in 2004

South Africa's former leader Nelson Mandela has been admitted to hospital in the capital Pretoria to undergo tests, officials say.

The office of President Jacob Zuma said 94-year-old Mr Mandela was doing well and there was "no cause for alarm".

Mr Mandela spent more than two decades in jail under the white minority apartheid regime.

He served as South Africa's first black president between 1994 and 1999, and received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

Mr Mandela has appeared in public only rarely since 2004, when he retired from public life.

In January 2011 he was treated for a serious chest infection, and a year later underwent a diagnostic procedure for an abdominal problem.