Sick Mugabe no longer able to walk, flown abroad for medical attention

Former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, 94, is reportedly unable to walk and is said to be ill due to old age prompting a move to fly him abroad for medical treatment.

The announcement was made by his successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who said on Saturday that the former leader has been receiving treatment in Singapore for the past two months.

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“He is now old. Of course, he now is unable to walk but whatever he asks for we will provide,” Mnangagwa told hundreds of supporters in Mugabe’s home area of Zvimba, about 100km west of the capital, Harare.

“We are looking after him,” added Mnangagwa, calling Mugabe the “founding father of free Zimbabwe”.

Mugabe is expected to return home from his sick bed in Singapore next month as this month coincidentally marked the one-year anniversary since his resignation in the wake of a military intervention.

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