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Grace Mugabe Challenges Zimbabwe Order To Exhume Husband’s Body

Kazeem Tunde — Mon, 04 Oct 2021 20:38:04 +0000

Grace Mugabe Challenges Zimbabwe Order To Exhume Husband’s Body By AFP Grace Mugabe, the widow of Zimbabwe’s longtime former ruler Robert Mugabe, has challenged a court order to exhume her husband’s remains for reburial at a national shrine, court papers showed Monday. Mugabe was buried in his rural home village of Kutama, about 90 kilometres (55 […]

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Traditional Beliefs, Rituals Fuel Tensions Over Mugabe’s Funeral

Kazeem Tunde — Wed, 18 Sep 2019 11:41:16 +0000

Traditional Beliefs, Rituals Fuel Tensions Over Mugabe’s Funeral By AFP As public wakes for late Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe have drawn to a close, traditional chiefs are demanding the body be buried according to spiritual traditions. Those requests have been part of a dispute over the final burial of Mugabe, who died September 6 […]

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Mugabe’s Body May Return Home Next Week

Kazeem Tunde — Sun, 08 Sep 2019 13:45:06 +0000

Mugabe’s Body May Return Home Next Week By AFP Robert Mugabe’s nephew said Sunday that a delegation was expected to leave Zimbabwe on Monday to collect the hero-turned-despot’s body from Singapore where he died two days ago. Mugabe, a guerilla leader who swept to power after Zimbabwe’s independence from Britain and ruled for 37 years, […]

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Zimbabwe Ex-President Robert Mugabe Dies At 95

Kazeem Tunde — Fri, 06 Sep 2019 05:28:01 +0000

Zimbabwe Ex-President Robert Mugabe Dies At 95 Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s first post-independence leader, has died at the age of 95. He died after battling ill health, his family has confirmed. Mr Mugabe was ousted from power in a military coup in November 2017, ending his three-decade reign. Zimbabwe’s education secretary Fadzayi Mahere tweeted: “Rest In […]

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Ailing Mugabe Now Unable To Walk- Zimbabwe President

Kazeem Tunde — Sat, 24 Nov 2018 14:28:38 +0000

Ailing Mugabe Now Unable To Walk- Zimbabwe President Zimbabwe’s ex-leader Robert Mugabe is in Singapore for medical care and now unable to walk because of ill health and old age, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Saturday. Mnangagwa told his ZANU-PF party supporters at a rally that the 94-year-old Mugabe had been receiving medical care in […]

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Mugabe Yet To Move Out Of Official Residential Wing

Kazeem Tunde — Thu, 12 Apr 2018 15:30:45 +0000

Mugabe Yet To Move Out Of Official Residential Wing Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe has yet to move out of an official residence in Harare five months after he was ousted from power, an official said Thursday. Mugabe Presidential spokesman George Charamba said Mugabe had still had not removed his belongings from Zimbabwe House, a […]

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Zimbabwe Declares Mugabe’s Birthday Public Holiday

Kazeem Tunde — Mon, 27 Nov 2017 16:18:00 +0000

Zimbabwe Declares Mugabe’s Birthday Public Holiday Zimbabwe has made former president Robert Mugabe’s birthday a public holiday, a state daily reported Monday, nearly a week after the long-time ruler stepped down. “It is hereby declared that February 21 of every year henceforth shall be a public holiday to be known as the Robert Mugabe National […]

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Mugabe To Get $10m, Immunity As “Golden Goodbye” Package

Kazeem Tunde — Sun, 26 Nov 2017 13:34:07 +0000

Mugabe To Get $10m, Immunity As “Golden Goodbye” Package Deposed Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace are to receive $10million as well as immunity from prosecution as part of a reported “golden goodbye” package. The 93-year-old autocrat, who finally bowed to pressure to resign after 37 years in power, is said to have […]

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‘Mugabe Has Agreed To Resign’

Kazeem Tunde — Sun, 19 Nov 2017 20:02:46 +0000

‘Mugabe Has Agreed To Resign’ Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe’s 37-year rule appeared at an end Sunday after a source confirmed he had agreed to resign and was preparing to address the nation. Mugabe’s grip on power was broken last week when the military took over, angered at his wife Grace’s emergence as the leading candidate […]

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Party Rejects Asylum For Mugabe

Kazeem Tunde — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 13:27:38 +0000

Party Rejects Asylum For Mugabe The ousted Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has been rejected by Congress of the People (Cope), an opposition party in South Africa. The party said it rejects calls to offer Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe political asylum in South Africa. The plea for asylum for Mugabe by South Africa is championed by […]

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