Nelson Mandela spends night in hospital

Former South African President Nelson Mandela has spent a night in hospital following what officials described as a "diagnostic procedure".Doctors stressed that 93-year-old Mr Mandela's life was not in danger and the treatment was for a long-standing abdominal complaint.The Nobel peace laureate's health has declined in recent years and he rarely appears in public.Mr Mandela is due to be discharged from hospital by Monday, officials said.On Saturday night he was said to be in a stable and comfortable condition.Earlier, President Jacob Zuma said in a statement that Mr Mandela "has had a long-standing abdominal complaint and doctors feel it needs proper specialist medical attention".

He later said that Mr Mandela had undergone a planned, undisclosed procedure.He said Mr Mandela - affectionately known in South Africa by his clan name, Madiba - was "fully conscious"."The doctors are satisfied with his condition, which they say is consistent with his age. We are happy that he is not in any danger."

It was not revealed which hospital the former leader was being treated in, however journalists set up camp outside a military hospital in the capital, Pretoria.

Mr Mandela spent 27 years in prison for fighting apartheid rule and became South Africa's first black president in 1994, serving one five-year term.

His home is in Qunu, a small rural village in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province where he was raised.

Deadly gun and bomb attack in Nigerian city of Gombe

At least four people have been killed in the northern Nigerian city of Gombe in a gun and bomb attack on a prison and police station, officials say.

Police say they repulsed the attack which they blamed on the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram.

The groups has carried out deadly attacks and assassinations across northern Nigeria in recent months.

Earlier on Friday, gunmen killed five people at a mosque in Kano, the main city in northern Nigeria, police said.

A police spokesman said the attackers arrived on motorcycles and opened fire at worshippers.Nigeria is experiencing a surge in ethnic and sectarian violence.Gombe has previously been targeted by Boko Haram. In January, an attack on a church in the city left six worshippers dead.In the latest attack, police said they successfully defended a federal prison and police station following multiple explosions and a two-hour gun battle.
In the latest attack, police said they successfully defended a federal prison and police station following multiple explosions and a two-hour gun battle.
Officials said four civilians were killed and police and army officers were injured. Last week Boko Haram said it was behind a similar attack on a prison in Kogi State which freed more than 100 prisoners.Friday's attack in Kano followed the killing of several police officers in the city. The BBC's Mark Lobel in Lagos said a member of a local militia working with the government against Boko Haram was also reported to be among the dead.
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