Scenes at mortuary where Mugabe body thought to be

(6 Sep 2019) 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 Friday, mourning him as an "icon of liberation".

He did not provide details.

Mugabe died at the Gleneagles Hospital in the wealthy Southeast Asian city-state of Singapore, where he had been receiving treatment in recent years.



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