'Lies' About Mugabe's Health

Robert Mugabe has ruled since 1980 (AFP)

A rumour that Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, 91, has suffered a heart attack is a "grim lie", his spokesman George Charamba is quoted by the state-run Herald newspaper (SEE INSIDE) as saying. 

BBC Africa Live report continues:

Online news website Zim Eye said yesterday that Mr Mugabe was believed to have collapsed after suffering a heart attack while on holiday with his family. 

"This is the way the website seeks to improve its hits in order to get dirty money from Google. There is a financial incentive to the grim lie," Mr Charamba told The Herald."

"You cannot doubt that there will be a story on the president's alleged death every January," he added.

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