Posted on 06/25/2013 8:18:45 PM PDT by TexGrill
(Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe left for a medical check-up in Singapore on Tuesday, his spokesman said, a month before an election in which the 89-year-old is looking to extend his 33 years in power.
Africa's oldest leader - who denies reports he has received treatment for prostate cancer - will return at the weekend after a routine visit to an eye specialist, his spokesman George Charamba said in a statement.
Mugabe has said he has cataracts but no other major health problems and regularly dismisses media allegations that his condition is deteriorating as wishful thinking by his enemies.
He has often gone to Singapore for check-ups and passed through the southeast Asian city state during a trip to Japan three weeks ago.
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Who will go first, Mugabe or Mandela?
Homie needs to just up and die.
Perhaps he can accidetally step off the plane at 25,000 feet, by accident you understand.
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