Editor's note: Robyn Curnow, CNN's Johannesburg correspondent, had an exclusive interview with Nelson Mandela's daughter Makaziwe, who was born in 1953 to Mandela's...
Former South African president Nelson Mandela is recovering well from a lung infection after spending eight days in a Pretoria hospital, his grandson Mandla Mandela says. Mandla claims the 94 year-old “looked good,” after a recent hospital visit. “Madiba is recovering very well and looks good,” Mandla Mandela said in Qunu, a village in the Eastern Cape province where Mandela was born and spent his adolescent years. ”I thank the nation and the world for the prayers for Madiba, and the doctors and the office of the ANC for keeping the family updated,” he said. On Thursday, South African President Jacob Zuma announced that Mandela’s health was improving, but that he remained in serious condition. This marks Mandela’s fourth hospitalization since last December. The anti-apartheid activis has had a history of lung problems stemming from his time at the Windswept Robben Island prison camp near Cape Town. Mandela spent 27 years there under white rule after leading South Africa’s anti-apartheid m ...
JOHANNESBURG — The president of the Central African Republic fled the country for Cameroon, after rebels overran the capital of the impoverished nation long wracked by rebellions. South Africa said Monday that 13 of its soldiers were killed in fighting with rebels, prompting criticism about why its forces had intervened in such a volatile conflict. Ousted President Francois Bozize (pictured) sought “‘temporary” refuge on its territory, the Cameroonian government confirmed Monday. Central African Republic’s new leadership appeared fragmented, with a split emerging in the rebel coalition that seized the capital. The African Union on Monday imposed a travel ban and asset freeze on seven leaders of the rebel coalition, known as Seleka, and said their advance had undermined prospects for a lasting solution to the crisis in the landlocked country. It urged African states to deny “any sanctuary and cooperation” to the rebel chiefs. The ...
