Robert Mugabe, former Zimbabwe president, has been reported dead this morning. The Ex-President who led Zimbabwe for about 4 decades dies at the age of 95.
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa, on his Twitter handle, announced the death of his predecessor.
He said:
“It is with the utmost sadness that I announce the passing on of Zimbabwe’s founding father and former president, Comrade Robert Mugabe,”
Mugabe “was an icon of liberation, a pan-Africanist who dedicated his life to the emancipation and empowerment of his people. His contribution to the history of our nation and continent will never be forgotten. May his soul rest in eternal peace.”
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The sad news of his death has rather elated most citizens of Zimbabwe and people around the world.
This may be on the premise that the late Robert Mugabe’s leadership, which started as a liberator that flushed out former British colony, ended up in a long rule of tyranny and corruption. However, his time in office was overthrown in a military take over on the 14th of November, 2017.