Zimbabwean President Mugabe visits Singapore for treatment third

Zimbabwean President Mugabe visits Singapore for treatment third time this yearUpdated: 15 minutes agoAuthor:Wale AkinolaViews: 1390Category:Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe isin Singapore for his third medical treatment this year- Mugabe was last in Singapore in May for eye problem according to his spokesman, George Charamba- But Zimbabwean Information and Broadcasting Services Minister Chris Mushohwe declined reveal the reason for the visitZimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is in Singapore for medical treatment, in his third such visit this year, a newspaper reported on Sunday July 9.Africa’s oldest ruler at 93, Mugabe was last in Singapore in May for what his spokesman George Charamba said then was treatment for eye problems, Reutershas reported.NAIJ.comgathered that the Standard said he had left again for Singapore on Friday for more medical treatment:Afe Babalola drops bombshell about Obasanjo, describes ex-president as ‘stubborn’ personInformation and Broadcasting Services Minister Chris Mushohwe told the newspaper Mugabe was in Singapore but declined to confirm the reason for the visit.The ruling ZANU-PF party said on Saturday it had cancelled a youth rallyscheduled for July 14 due to be attendedby the president because he would be out of the country.Charamba and Mushohwe did not respond to calls and messages to their phones for comment.Despite growing concerns about his health, Mugabe has taken more than ten trips abroad this year and wants to seek another five-year term in office in 2018.He has ruled the southern African nationsince independence from Britain in 1980.The government has denied he falls asleepin meetings, saying in response to television footage appearing to show him doing so that he is resting his eyes.Mugabe has racked up more than 200,000 air miles since the start of 2016. He spent $53 million on foreign trips last year, more than double the initial budget of $23 million, according to government data UK for medical treatment shortly after he received the 82 released Chibok girls.