Former Botswana President Festus Mogae admitted to hospital


Former Botswana President, Festus Mogae, has taken ill and is hospitalised.

The government of Botswana has released a statement, indicating that he is being treated at a hospital in the capital, Gaborone.

Government communications say he is in a stable condition.

Mogae is the third president of Botswana, who took over from Sir Ketumile Masire, from 1998 to 2008.