Nelson Mandela was hospitalized in "critical condition"

The Presidency of South Africa confirmed that the former president Nelson Mandela, world leader in the fight against apartheid, was hospitalized again. His condition is   "serious but stable", they said.  "This morning at 01:30 local time (23:30 GMT Friday) his condition deteriorated and he was transferred to a hospital in Pretoria," said the office of South African President Jacob Zuma said in a statement. "The president is receiving specialized care and doctors do their best to make you feel better", the statement said. "President Zuma, on behalf of the government and the entire nation, wishes Madiba a speedy recovery and asks the press and public to respect their privacy and that of his family, "it added. Mandela will be 95 years in July. In the latest images released in April, during an official visit, Mandela appeared very weak, sitting in a chair with your legs under a blanket, his face expressionless. The hero of the struggle against apartheid, Nobel Peace Prize in 1993, in 1994 became the first black president of South Africa. Mandela, 94, admitted to a hospital emergency for the third time in just over six months, it undergoes a lung condition. This year, first on May 9 and then the 28th of the same month, the former head of state spent several days in a hospital to  "meet present conditions according to their age," officials said.