Zim-bob-we President Bob MuggsyMugabe
Octogenarian President-for-Life of Zim-bob-we who turned the former Breadbasket of Africa into the African Basket Case...
flew to Singapore for a routine medical check-up, state radio announced on Monday.
The trip has revived speculation about the 88-year-old leader's failing health after a previous trip to the Asian country sparked rumours he had died.
President Mugabe has denied claims that he suffers from advanced prostate cancer.
The state owned Zim-bob-we Broadcasting Corporation, which rarely reports on the president's private foreign trips, said he would return home at the weekend.
A privately owned newspaper, The Daily News had reported that President Mugabe was travelling for treatment in Singapore and had arranged a special cabinet meeting before his departure.
Last year, the President confirmed that he had cataract surgery in Singapore. He travelled to Singapore more than eight times in 2011.
The Zim-bob-wean President last month also dismissed critics who claimed he was now too frail to run for another term in office, saying his rivals were the ones battling ill health.