Robert Mugabe 'ruling Zimbabwe from his sickbed'

President reportedly receiving medical treatment in Singapore for third time this year

Robert Mugabe
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Robert Mugabe is "ruling Zimbabwe from a hospital bed", opposition parties have claimed after the 93-year-old politician reportedly made his third trip to Singapore for medical treatment this year.

A government minister told The Standard newspaper Mugabe was making a private visit to the city state. However, an opposition party spokesman said Singapore was "literally his home now".

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