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BREAKING NEWS: Zimbabwe Ex-president Robert Mugabe Dies Aged 95 by UltraSphinx(m): 6:13am On Sep 06, 2019 |
Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's first post-independence leader, has died at the age of 95. He died after battling ill health, his family confirmed to the BBC. Mr Mugabe had been in hospital in Singapore since April. He was ousted in a military coup in November 2017, ending three decades in power. He won Zimbabwe's first election after independence, becoming prime minister in 1980. He abolished the office in 1987, becoming president instead. Mugabe's early years were praised for broadening access to health and education for the black majority. But his controversial land reform programme sparked an economic collapse and his latter years were marked by rights abuses and corruption. His successor, Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa, expressed his "utmost sadness", calling Mr Mugabe "Zimbabwe's founding father" and "an icon of liberation". Mr Mugabe was born on 21 February 1924, in what was then Rhodesia. He was imprisoned for more than a decade without trial after criticising the government of Rhodesia in 1964. In 1973, while still in prison, he was chosen as president of the Zimbabwe African National Union (Zanu), of which he was a founding member. Source: BBC www-bbc-com.0.freebasics.com/news/world-africa-49604152?iorg_service_id_internal=624173547714020">https://https-www-bbc-com.0.freebasics.com/news/world-africa-49604152?iorg_service_id_internal=624173547714020%3BAfoNOS2D4u4UzWMX |
Re: BREAKING NEWS: Zimbabwe Ex-president Robert Mugabe Dies Aged 95 by mmb(m): 6:30am On Sep 06, 2019 |
One of Africa's best leaders. The last but not the least one. |
Re: BREAKING NEWS: Zimbabwe Ex-president Robert Mugabe Dies Aged 95 by Blizzy9ja: 6:43am On Sep 06, 2019 |
We need this kinda blessing in Nigeria... These old peeps need to go away any how |
Re: BREAKING NEWS: Zimbabwe Ex-president Robert Mugabe Dies Aged 95 by Mynd44: 6:57am On Sep 06, 2019 |
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