

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe’s spokesman has hit back at critics who accuse him of being asleep at public events when his eyes appear to be closed, saying the 93 year old is in fact protecting them from bright lights.
George Charamba was quoted by the state-owned Herald newspaper as saying that Mr Mugabe travels regularly to Singapore to receive specialised treatment for an eye condition.
He added that “the rest of his body gets attended to” in Zimbabwe by a physician who is not only Zimbabwean but “is actually black”.
The increasingly frail-looking Mr Mugabe’s health has been the source of intense speculation, and his critics say his trips to Singapore show he has no confidence in Zimbabwe’s hospitals.
He is due to return from Singapore at the weekend after travelling to the country for his latest check-up.
In his response, Mr Charamba said:
I feel like a failure when there is this reading that the President is sleeping in conferences. No. At 93, there is something that happens to the eyes and the president cannot suffer bright lights. If you look at his poise, he looks down, avoids direct lighting.”
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