Photos: 90-Year-Old Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe Takes A Tumble At Harare Airport

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Robert Mugabe, who has been president of Zimbabwe since 1987, had been talking to supporters at Harare International Airport, who had gathered to welcome the leader back from a trip to Ethiopia – where he had been elected chairman of the 54-state African Nation. But the 90-year-old was captured taking a tumble (pictured) as he walked down some steps by press photographers, who were reportedly forced to delete the images by his security personnel. Mugabe’s spokesman was not immediately available for comment. More pictures of the fall after the break

He had been addressing his adoring supporters on his return from an African Union meeting in Ethiopia, where he became the 54-nation organisation's chairman

Photographers who caught the accident claim they were asked to delete their pictures by security personnel

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