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Former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe dies

It's been reported that Robert Mugabe, the former president of Zimbabwe has died. He was 95 and had been ill for some time. He led Zimbabwe as prime minister and president for 37 years after the country was created from the white-minority ruled Rhodesia in 1980. Mr Mugabe's early years were praised for broadening access to health and education. But his later years were marked by rights abuses and corruption. 大象传媒 Newsday's Shaimaa Khalil spoke to Zimbabwe's Deputy Minister of Information, Energy Mutodi.

(Photo: Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe Credit: Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

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