
                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: WEDNESDAY, July 11, 1990                   TAG: 9007110422
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A/2   EDITION: EVENING 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA                                LENGTH: Short

MANDELA TREATED FOR PNEUMONIA

Black nationalist leader Nelson Mandela was diagnosed today as having a slight case of pneumonia and flown from Ethiopia to Kenya for treatment, according to a published report.

The Star newspaper said the 71-year-old South African was diagnosed while attending the Organization of African Unity's summit in Addis Ababa.

The newspaper, which has a correspondent with Mandela, quoted Mandela aides as saying the pneumonia was "slight" and there was no cause for alarm. The aides said he had been ordered to rest.

Mandela caught a cold in Ireland while on a recent tour of Europe and the United States and this developed into pneumonia, the report said.

The African National Congress said it had not been able to confirm the news report. "As soon as we know we will issue a statement," ANC spokeswoman Jill Marcus said in Johannesburg.

There has been repeated concern about Mandela's health since he was released from prison in February after 27 years in jail for fighting white minority rule.

Mandela was hospitalized in June and had a benign cyst removed from his bladder. Doctors have expressed concern about his heart and he undergoes regular medical checks. He also suffered from tuberculosis in 1988.

Mandela has undertaken a punishing schedule of political talks and foreign tours since his release. But the black leader has declined to trim his hectic schedule.

by CNB