Mr Museveni says he hasn’t been sick in 31 years

Earlier today we reported that Uganda’s president Yoweri Museveni has been bragging that he hasn’t been sick for his entire presidency.

This may seem strange to some, until you consider the number of presidents who have been sick just this year.

We already mentioned Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari’s long sojourn in London for treatment for an undisclosed illness.

But there are quite a few to add to that list.

The presidents of Angola, Zimbabwe, Benin and Algeria have travelled overseas for health reasons in the past year.

Notably, Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe, in power since 1980, has been criticised by his political opponents for running the country “from his hospital bed” after his third medical trip to Singapore this year.