updated 12/15/2012 8:15:18 AM ET 2012-12-15T13:15:18

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Former South African President Nelson Mandela, who has been in hospital for a week with a lung infection, has successfully undergone a procedure to have gall stones removed, the government said on Saturday.

"The former president underwent a procedure via endoscopy to have the gall stones removed ... The procedure was successful and Madiba is recovering," the government statement said.

(Reporting by Agnieszka Flak; Editing by Andrew Heavens)

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