Robert Mugabe
From Robert Mugabe to Alexander Downer: Jeremy Hearder retires after 65 years as a diplomat
Few people could work the same job for 65 years and not get bored. But Jeremy Hearder did – and he got to criss-cross the world doing it.
- James Massola
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Mugabe: how the bread basket of Africa became a basket-case
Like too many liberation leaders, Mugabe descended into a morass of predictable and tiresome psychoses brought on by a love of power.
- Nicholas McGowan
Zimdancehall: music that reflects troubled country’s frustrations
The story of Zimbabwe's decline can be told by politicians, rights activists and economists. But it can also be narrated through the lyrics of Zimdancehall music.
- Patrick Kingsley
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The anticlimactic death of a man who ruined the country I call home
For years, I witnessed first-hand how the gears of his repressive regime ground.
- Peter Godwin
Teacher, prisoner and strongman: A timeline of Robert Mugabe’s life
Mugabe was born in British-ruled Southern Rhodesia in 1924 and, after rising to power in 1980, sought to rule Zimbabwe for life.
- MacDonald Dzirutwe
Former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe dead at 95
The former president was forced to resign in 2017 after a 37-year rule, his early promise eroded by economic turmoil, disputed elections and human rights violations.
- Farai Mutsaka
Zimbabwe's Mugabe emerges, rejects Mnangagwa in election
Zimbabwe's former leader has emerged to address the nation for the first time since stepping down in November and just hours before Monday's historic election.
Grace Mugabe accused of smuggling ivory, gold, diamonds from Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's former first lady Grace Mugabe is accused of using her diplomatic immunity to smuggle millions of dollars worth of elephant tusks, diamonds and gold.
- Peta Thornycroft
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