Slumped and mumbling, 93-year-old Mugabe denies Zimbabwe is 'fragile'

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe addresses a rally to mark the country's 37th independence anniversary in Harare, Zimbabwe, April 18, 2017. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

DURBAN, South Africa (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's 93-year-old president, Robert Mugabe, sat slumped in his chair, wringing his hands, as he told a panel discussion on Thursday in a low murmur that his country was not a "fragile state".

Mugabe's government is struggling with a debt crisis, a fall in foreign exchange inflows, and acute shortages of cash that have forced banks to limit withdrawals, as well as growing resistance to his three-decade rule.