Zimbabwe\u2019s former longtime ruler Robert Mugabe, 95, has been in a Singapore hospital for the past three months and his condition \u201cis remarkably stable for his age,\u201d the country\u2019s president said.<\/p>\n
President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in a statement released Monday, did not disclose what Mugabe is being treated for but the ex-leader \u201ccontinues to make steady progress toward eventual recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mnangagwa, a former ally who took over from Mugabe in 2017 with the help of the military, said physicians decided that Mugabe should be kept under observation for a lengthy period when he went for his \u201clatest routine checkup.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mugabe ruled Zimbabwe with an iron fist from independence in 1980 until he resigned under pressure from the military and his party in 2017. He has regularly visited Singapore for medical treatments for more than 10 years. Mugabe previously said the visits were for scheduled checkups after an eye operation.<\/p>\n
With Zimbabwe\u2019s health system rapidly deteriorating, many of the country\u2019s top officials fly out of the country for medical treatment. Vice President Constantino Chiwenga, a former army general who led the military\u2019s revolt against Mugabe, was airlifted last month to China, after previously getting medical treatment in India and South Africa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Zimbabwe\u2019s former longtime ruler Robert Mugabe, 95, has been in a Singapore hospital for the past three months and his condition \u201cis remarkably stable for his age,\u201d the country\u2019s president said. President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in a statement released Monday, did not disclose what Mugabe is being treated for but the ex-leader \u201ccontinues to make steady […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":4481,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8,12],"tags":[104,361,166,124,28],"class_list":{"0":"post-12066","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-head-lines","9":"category-policy","10":"tag-chiwenga","11":"tag-health","12":"tag-hospital","13":"tag-military","14":"tag-mugabe"},"yoast_head":"\n