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Naomi Judd is sharing an update on her daughter Ashley Judd‘s condition after she was injured in an accident in Africa.

Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in 1974; the two decades it took Gast to bring his footage of the fight to the screen were vindicated when the film triumphed at the Oscars in 1996. The bout was staged in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) by the promoter Don King, who had convinced the country’s dictator, Mobutu Sese Seko, to put up a purse of $10 million on the basis that the televising of the fight would hugely enhance Zaire’s profile.

Naomi Judd gave an update on her daughter Ashley’s recovery process during an appearance on Thursday’s “Watch What Happens Live”.

Ashley Judd is speaking out amid her recovery following a terrifying accident in the Congo region of Africa in February. The actress took to Instagram over the weekend to offer her thanks to the doctors, friends and family who all have supported her during this difficult time. “I want to thank Dr Phil Kregor & @hughstonclinic & @todd_rubin_md for seven hours of intensive, brilliant, inspired surgical work on my bones and nerve,” Judd wrote in a length Instagram post.

Ashley Judd is having a hard recovery.

Ashley Judd is sharing details on her recovery process after seriously injuring her leg during an accident in the Congolese Rainforest.

Ashley Judd is on the mend.

Wynonna Judd revealed that she wept when she finally saw her sister, Ashley Judd, following her harrowing accident in the Congo last month.  In early February, Judd took to Instagram to reveal that she had been placed in the ICU in South Africa after falling over a tree in the Congo and breaking her leg.

Ashley Judd is continuing to speak on her “harrowing” rescue mission following a fall in the rainforest while in the Democratic Republic of the Congo a few weeks ago. In a new Instagram post Tuesday, the actress expressed “deepest and most vulnerable thanks” to her healthcare providers around the world.

The Duke of Cambridge is remembering the six Park Rangers who tragically lost their lives at Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo earlier this year. 

Prince William has made a donation in honor of six park rangers who tragically lost their lives earlier this year.

Ashley Judd is revealing the extent of her injuries.

Ashley Judd is on her way to recovery. On Monday, the actress took to Instagram where she detailed her "grueling 55-hour" rescue after shattering her leg.

Ashley Judd is recovering from surgery after shattering her leg in the Democratic Republic of Congo during an excursion she took while researching an endangered species of apes, the bonobos.The actress took to Instagram to update fans on her recovery and revealed that she is «up and around already» after undergoing an 8-hour surgery to repair her bones.«I want to give my deepest and most vulnerable thanks to Sunninghill Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa, for making split second decisions

Ashley Judd is back home and doing better.

(CNN)Actress Ashley Judd is grateful to the Congolese people who helped her in her time of need. Judd on Tuesday shared intimate photos and details from the horrific 55-hour ordeal during which she struggled to find treatment for a leg injury while on a research trip.

Ashley Judd is feeling thankful after shattering her leg in the African jungle.

NEW YORK -- Ashley Judd has recounted a painful ordeal she believes almost cost her leg after tripping in a Congolese rainforest and having to be evacuated by motorbike.In one of two Instagram Live videos hosted Friday by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof, the actor said she was stuck on the ground for five hours with a “badly misshapen leg,” biting a stick because of pain, and “howling like a wild animal.”Judd was injured when she and researchers were up early in a rainforest looking

Ashley Judd endured a nightmare ordeal after shattering her leg in the African jungle which she says nearly cost her her life.

breaking her leg in the African rainforest. The star of films including Heat and Olympus Has Fallen said she was left in "primal pain" after fracturing her leg in four places and sustaining nerve damage in a fall in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Ashley Judd is detailing her very scary accident in Africa that shattered her leg to pieces.

Ashley Judd is recovering after suffering an accident in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. On Tuesday, the 52-year-old actress shared photos of the grueling, 55-hour rescue mission that saved her life, after she shattered her leg during an excursion she took while researching the Bonobos, a unique species of ape, which is indigenous to the area.«Friends. Without my Congolese brothers and sisters, my internal bleeding would have likely killed me, and I would have lost my leg.

Ashley Judd is opening up about her recent accident. Last week, the 52-year-old actress revealed during an Instagram Live session that she was hospitalized after suffering "massive catastrophic injuries" after tripping over a fallen tree in the Congo region of Africa.

Ashley Judd shared more details about the near-death accident that she suffered in the Congo recently.

On Tuesday, Ashley Judd shared much more detail — along with a gallery of photos — from her harrowing experience after suffering a shattered leg in the Congolese jungle last week. Specifically, she spoke of the locals who helped her through the ordeal. Without them she wrote, “My internal bleeding would have likely killed me.”

The New York Times‘ Nicholas Kristof in which she spoke from a South African hospital’s trauma unit.Judd, who was in the Congo to track the endangered Bonobos, explained that she sustained “massive catastrophic injuries” after tripping over a fallen tree. “What was next was an incredibly harrowing 55 hours,” she said.Recalling her evacuation from the rainforest, Judd said she spent five hours lying on the ground with her “badly misshapen leg”.

Ashley Judd revealed on social media Friday that she was involved in a "catastrophic accident" in the Congo rainforest where she nearly lost her leg. Speaking from an ICU bed, the actress and humanitarian said in an Instagram Live video with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof that she shattered her leg in four places and has nerve damage.

Ashley Judd is in intensive care after shattering her leg in an accident in the Congo. The 52-year-old actress has revealed she is currently in the ICU at a hospital in South Africa after she suffered a fall which left her with a “shattered leg in four places” as well as “nerve damage” whilst in the Congo region of the continent.

Haley Bosselman editorAfter nearly losing her leg in a “catastrophic” accident while at a research camp in a Congo rainforest, Ashley Judd is recovering at a hospital in South Africa.Judd opened up about the accident and her work in the Democratic Republic of Congo during an Instagram Live with New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof. Walking with a “powerful stride” early in the morning before sunrise, Judd did not see a fallen tree and tripped, shattering her leg.

Ashley Judd is currently recooperating after an accident which shattered her leg to pieces in Africa.

Ashley Judd is in the intensive care unit after suffering an accident in the Congo region of Africa.

Ashley Judd is recovering after a “catastrophic” leg accident in a Congo rainforest.

On the mend. Ashley Judd was taken to an ICU trauma ward in South Africa after suffering “massive catastrophic injuries” in an accident in the Congo.

Singer, actress and animal rights advocate Ashley Judd is recuperating at a South African trauma unit after almost losing a leg in a “catastrophic” fall in a Congo rainforest.

Actress Ashley Judd is now recovering in a South African hospital after breaking her leg in multiple places during an expedition in the country of Congo.

Ashley Judd is recovering after breaking her leg in the Congo region of Africa.