Zimbabwe: Mugabe Away for Eye Op, Again

The Herald has reported that President Mugabe has left the country for an eye operation. Presidential spokesperson George Charamba said the President was going for a second cataract operation, this one to his left eye. "You do not do both operations once. He had done the right eye and now he is going for the second one."

Charamba said the President would be back in the country at the weekend, in time for his 90th birthday celebration at Rudhaka Stadium in Marondera on Sunday.

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