A prominent journalist who exposed corruption is arrested, but the government alleges he was inciting violence.
Robert Mugabe
![Zimbabweans protest over sanctions that the government blames for the country's worsening economic problems [Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi/ AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/7bc99a2af3b047c6a3224da9de1c8926_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
People march in Harare calling on US, EU to lift sanctions on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and other top officials.
![Mugabe, 95, died on September 6 in Singapore where he made regular medical trips [Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/e38538d7e19148e8acbb18bb6c98e01f_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
Zimbabwe’s former president has been buried in his rural village of Kutama, three weeks after he died...
![Members of the presidential guard transfer the coffin of Mugabe to his village earlier this month [Wilfred Kajese/Anadolu Agency]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/54fd5401adfc4ef4a0586b1e77ba6843_18.jpeg?resize=570%2C380)
After three weeks of public debates over final resting place, government agrees for ex-president to...
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Zimbabweans, African leaders attend state funeral at national stadium in Harare for controversial former president.
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Confirmation of burial plan follows tussle between family and President Mnangagwa over Mugabe’s resting place.
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As supporters of Mugabe mourned, the decision to bury the former president in private has riled many party supporters.
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The ex-Zimbabwean leader’s family opposes government plan to bury him at the national monument for liberation heroes.
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Dispute between family members and government over final resting place of the country’s founder and longtime leader.
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Former rebel leader expected to lie in state for three days with country deeply divided over legacy.
![Then-President of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe looks on during a rally in Harare, April 18, 2012 [File: Stringer/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/e38538d7e19148e8acbb18bb6c98e01f_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
The anti-colonial movements in Africa did not liberate the people; they only liberated the state.
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Late former president’s homestead in Kutama village prepares to receive the body of Zimbabwe’s founding father.
![President Mnangagwa declared Robert Mugabe a 'national hero' after his death on Friday [Jekesai Njikizana/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/9a0b4bf732964c989a29cc14b5c2ae9d_18.jpeg?resize=270%2C180)
Relative says damaged relationship with President Mnangagwa led him to request a burial at home in Zvimba, not Harare.
The former Zimbabwean president, who ruled for 37 years, died at the age of 95.