Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has returned to Singapore for a health check, nearly three months after undergoing an eye operation there, his spokesman said Thursday.<\/p>\n
George Charamba said Mugabe would “undergo a routine eye-check following a recent procedure”.<\/p>\n
The 90-year-old had cataract surgery on his left eye in February. He oftens travels to Singapore for medical treatment, following his EU travel ban in 2002.<\/p>\n
Mugabe, in power since 1980, was re-elected in July in an election condemned by his main opponent former prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai as “a massive fraud.”<\/p>\n
His frequent visits to Singapore in recent years have led to growing speculation over the state of his health.<\/p>\n
Another visit in July 2012 sparked further rumours about his health, with media reports suggesting he was being treated for cancer.<\/p>\n
A US diplomatic cable from 2008, leaked in 2011 by anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks, quoted Mugabe’s close ally and former central bank chief Gideon Gono as telling a former US ambassador the president had been diagnosed with prostate cancer.<\/p>\n
But Charamba said Mugabe’s only health concern was one of his eyes.<\/p>\n
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