’Yes, I Was Dead:’ Zimbabwe’s Mugabe Back After Disappearing - The New York Times
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Zimbabwe’s 92-year-old President Robert Mugabe arrived home Saturday after an overseas absence that led to rumors about a health crisis, joking to reporters that “Yes, I was dead.”
“It is true that I was dead,” the world’s oldest head of state said. “And I resurrected. As I always do.”
“Are we speaking to a ghost?” someone asked him.
“Once I get back to my country, I am real,” Mugabe said.
The president had not been seen since leaving a regional summit early on Tuesday. Flight data showed his plane went to Dubai after the original flight path indicated a course toward Asia. Mugabe has received treatment in Singapore in the past.
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Recently, his wife, Grace, said Mugabe would rule from the grave.