| Mugabe was forced to resign from his position in 2017 after a 37-year rule was eroded by economic turmoil, disputed elections and human rights violations. 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. |  |
News Alert Friday, September 6 |
|
|  | | Robert Mugabe, longtime leader of Zimbabwe, dies at 95 | | Mugabe was forced to resign from his position in 2017 after a 37-year rule was eroded by economic turmoil, disputed elections and human rights violations. 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. | | |
|
| | | | | | |
|
