{UAH} Zimbabwe: Mugabe Off to Far East, Leaves Nation 'Burning'

Zimbabwe: Mugabe Off to Far East, Leaves Nation 'Burning'

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Photo: Financial Gazette

Robert Mugabe napping.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has begun his annual leave and will spend part of it in the Far East with his family, despite a myriad of economic problems facing the country.

Mugabe, who has used every available opportunity to fly out of the troubled nation, left Harare for Singapore on Tuesday night with a chartered flight for his month-long vacation. He is expected back in the country at the end of January 2017.His spokesperson George Charamba said: "The leave shall be interspersed with official engagements, including one which is related to the African Union."

Mugabe will be joining other leaders of the continental body who are expected to convene in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, from January 27 to 31 for the grouping's 28th Summit.

The main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party slammed Mugabe, who often travels with a large entourage of security aides, for embarking on what it called an "expensive and unnecessary vacation".

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