South Africa: Nelson Mandela convalesces at home

JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South Africa's presidency says it has no updates on the condition of former leader Nelson Mandela, who is convalescing at home after a hospital stay and is reported to be doing better...

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s presidency says it has no updates on the condition of former leader Nelson Mandela, who is convalescing at home after a hospital stay and is reported to be doing better.

The South African Press Association quotes presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj as saying Saturday that he has no new information on 94-year-old Mandela, who was released from a hospital on Wednesday. The former president, who spent 27 years in prison under apartheid, was admitted Dec. 8 and received treatment for a lung infection.

He also had a procedure to remove gallstones.

Maharaj previously said doctors have noted progress in Mandela’s condition but will continue to treat him at his home in the Johannesburg neighborhood of Houghton.

Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.

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