Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s first post-independence leader, dies at the age of 95.
Mugabe had ruled Zimbabwe since 1980 and was the world’s oldest head of state before his dramatic exit in 2017.
During his presidency, he led the country from independence into repression and economic collapse.
He had been accused of a range of human rights abuses, including denying food aid to areas supporting the opposition.
He was born on 21 February 1924, in what was then Rhodesia.
He was imprisoned for more than a decade without trial after criticising the government of Rhodesia in 1964.
In 1973, while still in prison, he was chosen as president of the Zimbabwe African National Union (Zanu), of which he was a founding member.
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