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Mugabe off to Singapore for another health check
[Daily Nation (Kenya)]  Zim-bob-we President Bob MuggsyMugabe Octogenarian President-for-Life of Zim-bob-we who turned the former Breadbasket of Africa into the African Basket Case... flew to Singapore for a routine medical check-up, state radio announced on Monday. The trip has revived speculation about the 88-year-old leader's failing health after a previous trip to the Asian country sparked rumours he had died. President Mugabe has denied claims that he suffers from advanced prostate cancer. The state owned Zim-bob-we Broadcasting Corporation, which rarely reports on the president's private foreign trips, said he would return home at the weekend. A privately owned newspaper, The Daily News had reported that President Mugabe was travelling for treatment in Singapore and had arranged a special cabinet meeting before his departure. Last year, the President confirmed that he had cataract surgery in Singapore. He travelled to Singapore more than eight times in 2011. The Zim-bob-wean President last month also dismissed critics who claimed he was now too frail to run for another term in office, saying his rivals were the ones battling ill health. Posted by: Fred 2012-07-03 |
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