Robert Mugabe

Zimbabwe's Mugabe: From liberator to oppressor

Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe was feted as an African liberation hero and champion of racial reconciliation when he first came to power in a nation divided by nearly a century of white colonial rule.

Zimbabwe judge says military action against Mugabe was legal

Zimbabwe’s military action leading to Robert Mugabe’s resignation was legal, a High Court judge rules, in a key decision as the military seeks to show that its moves were not a coup.

Mnangagwa told Mugabe he will be safe in Zimbabwe: State media

Incoming Zimbabwe leader Emmerson Mnangagwa assures former president Robert Mugabe he and his family will be safe in the country when the two men spoke for the first time since Mnangagwa returned home this week, state media says.

Zimbabwe's Mugabe resigns, ending 4 decades of rule

Robert Mugabe resigns as Zimbabwe's president a week after the army and his former political allies moved against him, ending four decades of rule by a man who turned from independence hero to archetypal African strongman.

Robert Mugabe: Zimbabwe leader's birthday party criticised

Zimbabwe's ruling party has been criticised for hosting lavish 92nd birthday celebrations for President Robert Mugabe while swathes of the population face food shortages.

Mugabe 'proposes to Obama' as he mocks US legalisation of gay marriage

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe mocks America's decision to legalise gay marriage by vowing to travel to the White House and proposing to Barack Obama.

September 6, 2019
September 6, 2019

Zimbabwe's Mugabe: From liberator to oppressor

Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe was feted as an African liberation hero and champion of racial reconciliation when he first came to power in a nation divided by nearly a century of white colonial rule.

November 25, 2017
November 25, 2017

Zimbabwe judge says military action against Mugabe was legal

Zimbabwe’s military action leading to Robert Mugabe’s resignation was legal, a High Court judge rules, in a key decision as the military seeks to show that its moves were not a coup.

November 24, 2017
November 24, 2017

Mnangagwa told Mugabe he will be safe in Zimbabwe: State media

Incoming Zimbabwe leader Emmerson Mnangagwa assures former president Robert Mugabe he and his family will be safe in the country when the two men spoke for the first time since Mnangagwa returned home this week, state media says.

November 21, 2017
November 21, 2017

Zimbabwe's Mugabe resigns, ending 4 decades of rule

Robert Mugabe resigns as Zimbabwe's president a week after the army and his former political allies moved against him, ending four decades of rule by a man who turned from independence hero to archetypal African strongman.

February 28, 2016
February 28, 2016

Robert Mugabe: Zimbabwe leader's birthday party criticised

Zimbabwe's ruling party has been criticised for hosting lavish 92nd birthday celebrations for President Robert Mugabe while swathes of the population face food shortages.

July 2, 2015
July 2, 2015

Mugabe 'proposes to Obama' as he mocks US legalisation of gay marriage

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe mocks America's decision to legalise gay marriage by vowing to travel to the White House and proposing to Barack Obama.

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