ZIMBABWE mourned the “icon of liberation” and the country’s “founding father” Robert Mugabe, who died today at the age of 95.
The former Zimbabwean president had been unwell for some time, receiving treatment for an unknown ailment in a Singapore hospital since April.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa said: “It is with the utmost sadness that I announce the passing on of Zimbabwe’s founding father and former president, Cde Robert Mugabe.
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