Mugabe had a reputation for extensive and expensive international travel, including regular medical trips to Singapore. Former president of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, has left the country for medical checks in Singapore, his first foreign travel since the army forced him from office in November, a state security official said on Tuesday.The 93-year-old, who ruled the southern African nation for 37 years, resigned after the army and his ruling ZANU-PF party turned against him when it became clear that his 52-year-old wife, Grace, was being groomed as his successor.Until recently, Mugabe had a reputation for extensive and expensive international travel, including regular medical trips to Singapore, a source of public anger among his impoverished citizens.The official said he left Harare with Grace and aides on Monday evening, the official said.He is expected to make a stop-over in Malaysia, where his daughter, Bona, is expecting a second child.
