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Saturday 25 May 2013

Mugabe 'fit as a fiddle' on return to Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's president Robert Mugabe. Photo: AP

President Robert Mugabe is back in Zimbabwe and "fit as a fiddle" despite reports that he had been on his deathbed during a trip to Singapore.

The 88-year-old is said by those watching his arrival to have "bounded" down the stairs of a charter plane that landed in Harare just after 7am yesterday.

He walked unaided, next to Joice Mujuru, the vice-president, down a red carpet to a car, pausing only to hop over a puddle and greet the assortment of ministers and military men who welcomed him home.

Three hours later, he chaired a weekly cabinet meeting, the rescheduling of which led to speculation that he had been taken ill during his trip. (© Daily Telegraph, London)

Irish Independent

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