The former South African President Nielson Mandela has been admitted to hospital in Pretoria. The office of the current President Jacob Zuma said Mr. Mandela was doing well and there was no cause for alarm. Andrew Harding reports from Johannesburg.
The 94-year-old veteran of South Africa's struggle against Apartheid is undergoing tests at a hospital in Pretoria. There is no information yet about what prompted his admission today. The presidency said only that Mr. Mandela would receive medical attention from time to time consistent with his age. It's almost two years since Mr. Mandela's unexpected hospitalization with a respiratory infection triggered a major health scare. In February of this year, the presidency warned public in advance that Mr. Mandela was undergoing abdominal surgery.
North Korea says it might reconsider the schedule for a planned rocket launch. Earlier this week Pyongyang said it would carry out a long-range rocket test between the 10th and 22nd of December after a similar test failed in April. No specific reasons for a possible postponement have been given, but experts say preparations for the launch may have been delayed by a heavy snowfall.
Polls have finally closed in Ghana after voting was extended into a second day because of technical problems. A new biometric system based on electronic fingerprints suffered breakdowns and caused delays. President John Dramani Mahama, who replaced the late John Evans Atta Mills after his death in July, is competing against his main rival Nana Akufo-Addo. Opinion polls have predicted a tight race.