Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe returned home Saturday morning from
Singapore where he had gone for routine medical check ups, state radio
announced.
President Mugabe had travelled to the far East for cataract surgery in his
left eye and the state radio said “the procedure was successful”.
The veteran leader, who turned 90 on Friday, has ruled Zimbabwe since it
achieved independence from Britain in 1980.
President Mugabe has long been rumoured to be seriously ill and has travelled
to Singapore for medical checks several times in the past five years.
A leaked 2008 US diplomatic cable cited then bank governor Gideon Gono as
saying Mugabe had prostate cancer, a claim denied by officials.
On Sunday, thousands of people will gather at a stadium in Marondera, a town
75 kilometres (50 miles) east of the capital Harare, to celebrate Mugabe’s
birthday.
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