Mugabe’s body leaves Singapore for burial, expected to arrive Zimbabwe 3:00pm
The body of Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe was en route from Singapore to Zimbabwe on Wednesday, five days after he died in hospital in the city-state, according to an…
Mugabe’s body expected to arrive Zimbabwe on Wednesday – Relatives
A plane has left Zimbabwe for Singapore carrying government officials and relatives to bring home the body of Robert Mugabe, but it was still not clear where the former leader…
Mugabe’s family, govt yet to agree on burial plan
The family of Zimbabwe founder Robert Mugabe is pushing back against the government’s plan to bury him at the National Heroes Acre monument in Harare and wants him to be…
Zimbabwe plans Mugabe’s funeral, burial next weekend
The Zimbabwean government plans a state funeral for longtime ruler Robert Mugabe in a sports stadium in Harare next Saturday, with a burial ceremony a day later, it said in…
In Mugabe’s village, relatives say he was very bitter before death
In the dusty village where Zimbabwe’s founding father Robert Mugabe grew up, family members speak of the deep bitterness Mugabe felt from his ousting as head of state two years…
Robert Mugabe dies at 95, Africa mourns
The Zimbabwean president 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 the sub-Saharan…
Africa’s democratic ‘laggards’ must listen to calls for change – Liberia’s Johnson Sirleaf
African leaders resisting “democratic transformation” must heed their citizens’ calls for change, former Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said on Saturday, after receiving an award aimed at promoting good leadership…
Tsvangirai dies in South Africa after battle with cancer
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai died on Wednesday in South Africa after a long battle with cancer, the vice president of his Movement for Democratic Change party said. Tsvangirai had…