Zimbabwe’s Mugabe flies to Singapore for medical check

Zimbabwe’s 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe has flown to Singapore for a “routine medical check-up”, Zimbabwe's state media reported Tuesday.

“President Mugabe yesterday  left Zimbabwe for Singapore for his routine medical check-up. He is expected back in Zimbabwe at the weekend.”

The leader who has been in power since 1980 regularly travels to Singapore for health check-ups and private holidays and his last medical trip was in March.