The former president of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, has been taken back to hospital suffering from a lung infection.
President Jacob Zuma confirmed that the 94-year-old was readmitted just before midnight on Wednesday and said: " We appeal to the people of South Africa and the world to pray for our beloved Madiba and his family and to keep them in their thoughts.
"We have full confidence in the medical team and know that they will do everything possible to ensure recovery."
Mr Mandela's spokesman Mac Maharaj told Sky News that the former president was "conscious".
He said: "At the moment doctors are saying it is a recurrence of an old lung infection. It is a matter of concern ... He was admitted around midnight last night.
The most recent picture of Mr Mandela taken on Feb 2. "They are doing everything they can to keep him comfortable and happy."
Mr Mandela spent 18 days in hospital in December, where he was treated for a lung infection and gallstones.
He was discharged on December 27, however, doctors warned he was "not yet fully recovered" and he continued to receive medical treatment at his Johannesburg home, including being given extra oxygen.
Mr Mandela has had recurring lung problems since contracting tuberculosis during his 27 years in prison under the apartheid regime.
Mr Mandela at his Johannesburg home seen on his granddaughters' TV show The Nobel Peace Laureate spent a night in hospital on March 9 for what was described as a scheduled medical check-up.
However, Sky's Alex Crawford said that it was now understood that the visit was required for further treatment of the lung infection and that on that occasion he is believed to have had his lungs drained.
She said that there were now significant concerns over his health and added: "The time of his hospitalisation certainly suggests they were alarmed at his deterioration."
In February, Mr Mandela's granddaughters showed the first picture of him to be seen in more than seven months as they promoted a reality television series in which they star.
He was seen with his great grandson, Zen, sitting on his lap at his Johannesburg home.
Earlier this month, George Bizos, the human rights lawyer who represented Mr Mandela at his treason trial, said that he was suffering memory lapses and sometimes forgot his fellow anti-apartheid activists were dead.
In an interview he told Eyewitness News: "Unfortunately he sometimes forgets that one or two of them had passed on and has a blank face when you tell him that Walter Sisulu and some others are no longer with us."
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