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World Service,06 Sep 2019,53 mins

Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe's first post-independence leader, has died

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It's been reported that Robert Mugabe, the former president of Zimbabwe has died. He was 95 and had been ill for some time. Robert Mugabe was president from 1987 until he was forced from office in 2017. The BBC's correspondent in the capital Harare, Shingai Nyoka, looks at reaction to his death and the legacy he leaves behind. And we hear from the ruling Zanu PF and Zimbabwe's main opposition the MDC.

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