Zimbabwe’s 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe is inward Singapore for unopen to other “routine medical check-up”, province media reported Sunday.
“President Mugabe on Fri left the province for Singapore for a routine medical check-up,” the Dominicus Mail paper reported.
The paper said the veteran ruler is expected dorsum inward Republic of Zimbabwe midweek.
Mugabe’s medical trips to the Southeast Asia metropolis province accept function to a greater extent than frequent inward recent years. His previous view was inward May, besides said to last for a “routine medical check-up”.
In 2011 in addition to 2014 he had oculus operation inward a infirmary inward Singapore.
Mugabe forthwith walks amongst difficulty in addition to sometimes dozes off during meetings.
His wellness has been the plain of study of increased speculation inward recent years in addition to authorities inward March arrested ii journalists over a written report alleging that he was “in bad shape”
In 2016, the authorities had to deny that he had died abroad during his annual vacation.
Mugabe has declined to refer a successor in addition to his ruling ZANU-PF political party has been riven past times factionalism for years.
Despite Mugabe’s advanced age, the political party concluding twelvemonth endorsed him equally its candidate for the 2018 full general elections.
The leader is non the alone African president currently abroad for handling for an undisclosed condition.
Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari has been inward London since May 7, in addition to his lengthy absence has caused political doubt inward Africa’s virtually populous nation.
Angola’s President Jose Eduardo dos Santos latterly spent a calendar month inward Kingdom of Spain for medical handling in addition to on Mon officials announced that he had gone dorsum for what was described equally a “private visit”.
AFP