By Desire Tshuma
Former Zimbabwe President Robert Gabriel Mugabe has died at the age of 95 after health detoriation since his ouster in November 2017 by his long term friend through the military force .
Mr Mugabe died on September 6 in Singapore where he was getting treatment. Close family members confirmed the death of Mr Mugabe. The former president who is also called a ‘dictator’ by other people pioneered the liberation struggle for Zimbabwe since 1960s till independence, he was the first Prime Minister after Zimbabwe attained independence.
He led Zimbabwe since 1980 until 2017 when he was embarrassingly ousted by the military in an operation called ‘restore lagacy. A few months before his death he openly announced that when he dies he does not want to be buried at National Heroes Acre and President Emmerson Munangagwa and his allies should never preside over his dead body
He went further and said he would want to be buried at his rural home in Zvimba next to his mother Bona. Meanwhile President E D Munangagwa has cut short his meeting at the World Economic Forum which is currently on going in South Africa to go back to Zimbabwe after the announcement of the death of Mr Mugabe.
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