Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe declared National Hero
epa07823184 Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa addresses a press conference at the Sate House in Harare, Zimbabwe, 06 September 2019. According to reports, President Mnangagwa has declared late President Robert Mugabe a national hero by the government. According to media reports, Robert Mugabe died on 06 September 2019 at the age of 95, in a Singapore hospital. Robert Mugabe became prime minister of Zimbabwe (formerly known as Rhodesia) in 1980 and served as the country's president from 1987 until his forced resignation in 2017, after 37 years of autocratic rule. In 1963, he co-founded ZANU, a resistance movement against British colonial rule. EPA/AARON UFUMELI
