Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's first post-independence leader, has died aged 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.

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.

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R.I.P

like him.or hate him Mugabe is one of the few seriously minded black president after Abacha, Ba'are mainasara of Niger and Kumar Gaddafi of Libiya all of blessed memory who wish Africa nothing but succes.

Rip


The last of his kind..

This world is not our own..

SultanYoung:
like him.or hate him Mugabe is one of the few seriously minded black president after Abacha, Ba'are mainasara of Niger and Kumar Gaddafi of Libiya all of blessed memory who wish Africa nothing but succes.

u mean the man that crippled the Zimbabwean economy and currency?
Tell me another lie please

That's it friends no matter who you think you are, what you've acquired for yourself one day you'll answer your own call what will your answer be?

R.I.P great man

Rest in Peace Mr. Mugabe, you truly enjoyed life.

Oya! Mugabe quotes start to fly.