Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s failing health

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• President Robert Mugabe is now 87 years old.
• He has traveled to Singapore 5 times to seek medical attention.
• He has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980.
• He has said that despite his age, he is still fit to rule the country.
• Mugabe called for an election to occur in the current year, but regional mediators said it would be too early for a free and fair poll.
• A referendum on constitutional reform is slated for september.
• Its not clear if a regional summit on Zimbabwe will go ahead as planned in Namibia's capital, Windhoek.
• Mugabe's office said it received an invitation to go to Windhoek on Friday.
• At the last regional summit in Zambia in March, Mugabe and his party received a stern reproach over the slow pace of reforms in Zimbabwe and continuing political violence.
• Mugabe was transported around that summit venue in an electric golf cart, due to his poor health.