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Mugabe in Singapore for medical patch-up
10 Jul 2017 at 12:37hrs | Views
ZIMBABWE'S 93-year-old leader left Harare last week for Singapore amid new concerns about his reportedly failing health.
Unusually, the trip was not reported in public media, but it was important enough to force the cancellation of a scheduled campaign rally in Lupane on the same day.
Officials told the privately-owned Standard newspaper that President Robert Mugabe left Harare Friday for the Southeast Asia island state.
Information minister Chris Mushohwe curtly said the veteran leader 's latest foreign jaunt was a "private visit" while an unnamed official added; "He has gone for his routine medical check-ups.
"At his age, it is normal that he constantly needs medical attention."
Unusually, the trip was not reported in public media, but it was important enough to force the cancellation of a scheduled campaign rally in Lupane on the same day.
Officials told the privately-owned Standard newspaper that President Robert Mugabe left Harare Friday for the Southeast Asia island state.
Information minister Chris Mushohwe curtly said the veteran leader 's latest foreign jaunt was a "private visit" while an unnamed official added; "He has gone for his routine medical check-ups.
"At his age, it is normal that he constantly needs medical attention."
Source - the standard
