Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe dies in Singapore – official tweet
06 September 2019 |
6:17 am
Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe has died aged 95, the country's President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on his official Twitter account on Friday.
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