- Mandela was hospitalized over the weekend
- Doctors ran tests on the 94-year-old
- Former South African president won the Nobel Peace Prize for fighting racial segregation
(CNN) -- Nelson Mandela's current hospitalization is due to a lung infection, authorities said Tuesday.
Doctors were treating Mandela and he was responding to treatment, a statement from President Jacob Zuma's office said.
Mandela, 94, was hospitalized over the weekend at a Pretoria facility but the exact nature of his ailment had not been released.
Tuesday's statement said he had a recurrence of a previous lung infection.
The global icon and former South African leader spent 27 years in prison as retribution for fighting racial segregation in South Africa.
He became president in 1994, four years after he was freed.
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