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Nelson Mandela’s wife overwhelmed by global love and support
Former South African President Nelson Mandela. PHOTO/PETER DEJONG /AP
The wife of former South African President Nelson Mandela says that love and generosity from across the world have brought comfort and hope during Mandela’s latest hospitalization.
Mandela spent his 10th day in the hospital Monday for a recurring lung infection.
Latest reports indicate that Mandela remains in serious but stable condition and that his doctors are seeing sustained improvements.
Graca Machel, Mandela’s wife, in a written message Monday expressed the family’s gratitude for messages of support, in particular from children singing outside the Mandela home.
The leader of South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement, Mandela spent 27 years in prison during brutal white racist rule. He was freed in 1990 and became South Africa’s first black president in 1994.
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