{"id":336720,"date":"2017-07-15T15:27:42","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T15:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=336720"},"modified":"2017-07-15T15:27:42","modified_gmt":"2017-07-15T15:27:42","slug":"zimbabwes-mugabe-returns-from-singapore-medical-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/07\/zimbabwes-mugabe-returns-from-singapore-medical-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Zimbabwe\u2019s Mugabe returns from Singapore medical care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe returned home on Saturday after medical treatment in Singapore, the state broadcaster said, putting to rest speculation over the 93-year-old\u2019s whereabouts.<\/p>\n<p>The Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation said Mugabe, who left for Singapore last Saturday, \u201chad eye surgery in the Asian country a few years ago\u201d and had returned for a \u201croutine medical check-up\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>This week\u2019s trip there is Mugabe\u2019s third there this year.<\/p>\n<p>Public hospitals in Zimbabwe often suffer from chronic shortages of drugs and staff as the economy has struggled to rebound following years of mismanagement.<\/p>\n<p>Mugabe\u2019s ZANU-PF party was forced to postpone a rally on Friday at which he was due to address supporters, triggering speculation about his whereabouts.<\/p>\n<p>Mugabe, in power since Zimbabwe\u2019s independence from British colonial rule in 1980, is his party\u2019s presidential candidate for next year\u2019s elections despite concerns over his age and fitness to rule.<\/p>\n<p>Early in 2015, he tripped and fell as he left a podium after addressing supporters who had gathered at Harare airport to welcome him back from a foreign trip.<\/p>\n<p>The same year he also read a speech to parliament apparently unaware that he had delivered the same speech before.<\/p>\n<p>Mugabe\u2019s party is sharply divided over his succession. Vice-president Emmerson Mnangagwa and Mugabe\u2019s wife Grace are seen as likely contenders to take over in the event of his death or retirement.<\/p>\n<p>Opposition parties have formed a coalition to fight Mugabe\u2019s party in next year\u2019s vote.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: Capitalfm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe returned home on Saturday after medical treatment in Singapore, the state broadcaster said, putting to rest speculation over the 93-year-old\u2019s whereabouts. 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