Former Tanzanian President Julius Nyerere, suffering from leukaemia, was readmitted to a London hospital on Saturday in "critical condition", news agencies said. He was listed in serious but stable condition. The Tanzanian 'Guardian' newspaper quoted President Benjamin Mkapa as calling on Tanzanians to pray for Nyerere's quick recovery and safe return home.
Mkapa told journalists in Dar es Salaam on Sunday that Nyerere,
facilitator of the Burundi peace process, "can now speak but it has been advised that he should be left to rest. When I visited him on Saturday he could not react to what I told him but he listened to me and perfectly understood the message," Mkapa added. He said Nyerere had been diagnosed with leukaemia in August 1998.
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