Aaron Motsoaledi was speaking at a World Health Organization conference at Zimbabwe’s Victoria Falls where the host 93-year-old President Robert Mugabe frequently travels visits eye specialists in  Singapore.

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Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi says African leaders travel abroad for medical attention because they are not confident of receiving adequate treatment at home.

Because they can afford to do this, they are not motivated to provide the resources to improve domestic medical services and infrastructure.

He says Africa’s the only continent where leaders travel abroad for health reasons.

They should be ashamed of this and should be promoting their own hospitals, clinics and specialist doctors.

This year, Nigeria’s Muhamadu Buhari has spent no less than five months in British hospitals. He still has not revealed to his people what ails him.

Last year, Buhari rounded on wealthy compatriots  going to European, Asian or American hospitals, dismissing them as health tourists.

Outgoing Angola President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos has fallen into this category.

So have Presidents Patrice Talon of Benin and Abdelaziz Bouteflika of Algeria.

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe officially opened the conference addressed by Motsoaledi.

He was not at the gathering at Victoria Falls when the South African minister spoke.

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Voters are going to the polls in six African countries today in what’s being dubbed the continent’s super Sunday.

African Union Commission President Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma’s calling for free, and transparent voting processes accepted by electors.

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Denis Sassou Nguesso’s odds on favorite to win a third consecutive term as president of Congo Brazzaville.

In Niger, opposition  leader Hamad Amnadou was let out of prison to seek medical treatment in France.

Incumbent Mahamadou Issoufou is the favorite to win the run-off .

Benin’s President Thomas Boni Yayi stands out among African peers by stepping down after two terms. Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou and businessman Patrice Talon to contest the succession.

Zanzibaris are voting in elections annulled lat year because of violence.

Senegalese President Macky Sall has called a referendum aimed at reducing presidential terms from seven to five years.

In the archipelago of Cape Verde is having parliamentary elections.

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He’s stepping down after the legally mandated two terms, leaving 33 candidates to compete for power in the West African country.

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By leaving office after two terms, President Thomas Boni Yayi is reinforcing Benin’s reputation as a model of democracy on a  continent, where many leaders are revising their countries’ constitution so they can remain in power.

As one of 4,7 million voters eligible to cast their ballots, the outgoing president says he’s leaving behind a unified Benin.

He’s backing Prime Minister Lionel Zinsou, who is favored along with businessman Patrice Talon. If neither wins a clear majority, a run-off election will be held in two weeks.

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