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As the armoured vehicles rolled in to Harare in November 2017, after weeks of political fencing and brinksmanship, Robert Mugabe could not believe he had lost. The senior military leadership who placed the Zimbabwean president under house arrest made it clear they were conducting the politest of coups, while stressing to the outside world that …

Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean president who rose to power as a champion of anti-colonial struggle but during 37 years of authoritarian rule presided over the impoverishment and degradation of one of sub-Saharan Africa’s most promising countries, has died in Singapore. He was 95. Zimbabwe’s current leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa, announced the death on Twitter, but did …

This is a developing story Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe has died at the age of 95. The former president died in a Singapore hospital where he was receiving medical treatment. In 2017 Mugabe resigned as Zimbabwe’s president shortly after parliament began an impeachment process to end his nearly four decades of rule. Cde Mugabe …