Zimbabwe's strongman Robert Mugabe dies aged 95
Farai Mutsaka and Christopher Torchia
Harare/Johannesburg | Robert Mugabe, the former leader of Zimbabwe forced to resign in 2017 after a 37-year rule whose early promise was eroded by economic turmoil, disputed elections and human rights violations, has died. He was 95.
His successor President Emmerson Mnangagwa confirmed Mugabe's death in a tweet on Friday, mourning him as an "icon of liberation". He did not provide details.
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