Why Do African Leaders Go to Hospital Abroad?

Some African leaders have a penchant for medical trip overseas, leaving behind poorly funded health services, which most of their citizens have to rely on.

Nigeria, Angola and Zimbabwe are being left in leadership limbo as their ailing rulers spend weeks abroad seeking medical attention.

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