{"id":15035,"date":"2019-09-06T11:06:44","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T10:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/?p=15035"},"modified":"2019-09-06T11:06:44","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T10:06:44","slug":"robert-mugabe-dies-aged-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/robert-mugabe-dies-aged-95\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Mugabe Dies Aged 95"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Robert Mugabe, former president of Zimbabwe, has died. The 95-year-old had ruled Zimbabwe from 1980 and was the world&#8217;s oldest head of state before an exit two years ago. Mr Mugabe had been receiving treatment in hospital in Singapore since April 2019. He was driven out of presidency by a military group after 37 years in power.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15036\" style=\"width: 847px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15036\" class=\" wp-image-15036\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/shutterstock_510533341.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"837\" height=\"544\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/shutterstock_510533341.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/shutterstock_510533341-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/09\/shutterstock_510533341-768x499.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 837px) 100vw, 837px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Editorial credit: Golden Brown \/ Shutterstock.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mr Mugabe had been receiving treatment in hospital in Singapore since April 2019. He was driven out of presidency by a military group after 37 years in power.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The current president Emmerson Mnangagwa announced the death of the former president on Twitter and described him as a &#8220;icon of liberation&#8221; whose &#8220;contribution to the history of our nation and continent will never be forgotten&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Cde Mugabe was an icon of liberation, a pan-Africanist who dedicated his life to the emancipation and empowerment of his people. His contribution to the history of our nation and continent will never be forgotten. May his soul rest in eternal peace (2\/2)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014 President of Zimbabwe (@edmnangagwa) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edmnangagwa\/status\/1169839311430115329?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2019<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Robert Mugabe was born in a British colony which was run by its white minority. He criticised the government of Rhodesia in 1964 and was imprisoned for more than a decade without a trial.In 1973 whilst he was in prison he was chosen to be president of the Zimbabwe African National Union (Zanu), of which he was a founding member. When he was released he ended up winning the election to be the president of Zimbabwe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">in 2000, he seized land from white owners and in 2008 used violent militias to silence his political opponents during an election.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Mr Mugabe was forced to resign in November 2017 after his own ruling Zanu-PF party and fellow generals betrayed him during a takeover by the army.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Not everyone liked Mr Mugabe, Zimbabwean Senator David Coltart, once labelled &#8220;an enemy of the state&#8221; by Mr Mugabe, said his legacy had been marred by his adherence to violence as a political tool. He also took to Twitter today to disagree with people who are saying it is an end of an era.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">He wrote: &#8220;<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">I\u2019ve read several tweets stating that <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"color: #000000;\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RobertMugabe?src=hashtag_click\" data-focusable=\"true\">#RobertMugabe<\/a><\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-1qd0xha r-ad9z0x r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> death is the end of an era. I beg to differ. Regrettably the negative aspects of his legacy &#8211; violence, disrespect for the rule of law, corruption &amp; abuse of power &#8211; live on in the new regime which overthrew him in the 2017 coup&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I\u2019ve read several tweets stating that <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RobertMugabe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#RobertMugabe<\/a> death is the end of an era. I beg to differ. Regrettably the negative aspects of his legacy &#8211; violence, disrespect for the rule of law, corruption &amp; abuse of power &#8211; live on in the new regime which overthrew him in the 2017 coup<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u2014 David Coltart (@DavidColtart) <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DavidColtart\/status\/1169858920468250626?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 6, 2019<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Mugabe, former president of Zimbabwe, has died. The 95-year-old had ruled Zimbabwe from 1980 and was the world&#8217;s oldest head of state before an exit two years ago. Mr Mugabe had been receiving treatment in hospital in Singapore since April 2019. 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