Zimbabwe Ex-President Robert Mugabe Dead At 95

BBC: Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's strongman ex-president, dies aged 95

Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean independence icon turned authoritarian leader, has died aged 95.

Mr Mugabe had been receiving treatment in a hospital in Singapore since April. He was ousted in a military coup in 2017 after 37 years in power.

The former president was praised for broadening access to health and education for the black majority.

But later years were marked by violent repression of his political opponents and Zimbabwe's economic ruin.

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WNU Editor: This is a BS. Mugabe was never never never an angel, and one who certainly did not build up the country when he assumed power, and who was never an intellectual as the Guardian claims .... Zimbabwe's intellectual despot: how Mugabe became Africa's fallen angel (The Guardian). The AP is also trying to whitewash Mugabe calling his abuse of power and the targeting of ethnic and tribal groups different from his own as "allegations of human rights abuses" .... Mugabe: Overthrew white minority rule, then turned autocrat (AP). This is a more accurate portrayal of who this mass murdered was .... 'Only God will remove me': How Robert Mugabe massacred his opponents and rigged elections to cling to power for 37 years and leave Africa's former breadbasket in poverty (Daily Mail).

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