A poster of Mandela is seen on get well messages outside a Pretoria hospital where former South African President Nelson Mandela is being treated , June 25, 2013. REUTERS/Mujahid Safodien
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South African president Nelson Mandela remains in a critical condition in hospital after being admitted more than two weeks ago with a lung infection, the government said on Tuesday.
President Jacob Zuma's office said doctors were doing their best to ensure the "recovery, well-being and comfort" of the 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader who became South Africa's first black leader in historic all-race elections in 1994.
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