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The Zimbabwean flag flies at half-mast on a street in Harare, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019. Zimbabwe's former leader Robert Mugabe, who ruled for 37 years after independence from white minority rule in 1980, has died at the age of 95. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Mugabe to be buried at hilltop shrine in Zimbabwe

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 31, 2009, file photo Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe arrives for the burial of a prominent member of his party, Misheck Chando, in Harare. On Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa said his predecessor Robert Mugabe, age 95, has died. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

The Latest: UN chief lauds Mugabe role in fighting apartheid

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FILE - In this Sunday, Dec. 13, 1998 file photo, former South African president Nelson Mandela, left, walks with Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in Harare. Mugabe, the longtime leader of Zimbabwe who was forced to resign in 2017 after a military takeover, has died at 95. (AP Photo/Rob Cooper, File)

A look at Robert Mugabe’s long, tumultuous rule in Zimbabwe

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Children play soccer next to a defaced portrait of Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe in Harare, Friday, Sept, 6 2019. Robert Mugabe, the former leader of Zimbabwe forced to resign in 2017 after a 37-year rule whose early promise was eroded by economic turmoil, disputed elections and human rights violations, has died. He was 95. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Correction: AF-Obit-Robert-Mugabe story

By FARAI MUTSAKA and CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Dec. 17, 2016, file photo, then-Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe addresses people at an event before the closure of his party's 16th Annual Peoples Conference in Masvingo, south of the capital Harare. On Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa said his predecessor Mugabe, age 95, has died. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)

Robert Mugabe, longtime Zimbabwe leader, dies at 95

By Farai Mutsaka and Christopher Torchia - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, June 26, 2008 file photo, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, right, greets the crowd at his final rally in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe. Mugabe, the longtime leader of Zimbabwe who was forced to resign in 2017 after a military takeover, has died at 95. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, file)

A look at the shattered Zimbabwe that Mugabe left behind

By FARAI MUTSAKA and CARA ANNA - Associated Press

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe could be a fierce, captivating speaker

By Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, August. 17, 2008 file photo, Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is seen at the closing ceremony of the 28th Southern African Development Community summit of heads of state and government, in Johannesburg, South Africa. Mugabe, the former leader of Zimbabwe forced to resign in 2017 after a 37-year rule whose early promise was eroded by economic turmoil, disputed elections and human rights violations, has died. He was 95.(AP Photo/Jerome Delay, File)

It’s complicated: Zimbabweans see Mugabe’s legacy as mixed

By FARAI MUTSAKA and CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA - Associated Press

Comedian Samantha Kureya lays in her hospital bed in Harare, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019. Kureya was abducted from her home, stripped naked and tortured by masked men with assault rifles, for performing skits perceived as being anti-government, the latest in a string of alleged abductions of government critics. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe comedian is latest in torture of government critics

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrives for the swearing-in ceremony of Cyril Ramaphosa at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria, South Africa, Saturday May 25, 2019. Ramaphosa has vowed to crack down on the corruption that contributed to the ruling ANC' s weakest election showing in a quarter-century. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay)

Zimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa fails to reverse Mugabe damage

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe in Singapore hospital for extended stay

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018 file photo, the body of a man lays in the closed entrance of store after being shot as opposition party supporters and police clashed in Harare, Zimbabwe. The United States has placed on its sanctions list a former Zimbabwean army general who commanded troops accused of killing six civilians after a disputed election a year ago. The listing signals U.S. frustration over the lack of accountability in the killings in the capital, Harare. It comes as Zimbabweans on Thursday mark a year since the shootings. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen, File)

US sanctions Zimbabwean official over post-election killings

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

CORRECTING PHOTO DATE TO JULY 23 - Due to lack of electricity, Learnmore Mavhura, right, helps his 9-year old nephew Lionel, left, do his homework by candlelight at a roadside market stall in Harare, Zimbabwe, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. For many Zimbabweans the economy is worse now, two years after the downfall of longtime leader Robert Mugabe.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

‘This is hell’: Zimbabweans say economy is worse than ever

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Pastor and activist Evan Mawarire arrives at the magistrates courts in Harare, Zimbabwe, Thursday, Jan, 17, 2019. A Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights says in a statement that Mawarire who is among the more than 600 people arrested this week has been charged with subverting a constitutional government amid a crackdown on protests against a dramatic fuel price increase.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Emmerson Mnangagwa increase of Zimbabwe gas tax harks back to Mugabe

By Geoff Hill - Special to The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug, 1, 2018 file photo, soldiers patrol the streets in Harare, Zimbabwe, following demonstrations by opposition party supporters. Zimbabwe Military and police were responsible for killing six people when they intervened to stop post election election protests in the capital in August, according to a report by a commission of inquiry released Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe inquiry finds army, police killed 6 during protest

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, July 29, 2018 file photo, former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe holds a press briefing at his residence in Harare. Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe is no longer able to walk as his health declines, his successor says. President Emmerson Mnangagwa told ruling party supporters at a rally Saturday, Nov. 24 that the 94-year-old Mugabe has been in a hospital in Singapore for the past two months. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, file)

Zimbabwe’s Mugabe no longer able to walk, president says

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

1 year after Mugabe fall, Zimbabwe asks ‘what has changed?’

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Motorists wait to fill up their tanks at a fuel station in Harare, Tuesday, Oct, 9, 2018. As Zimbabwe plunges into its worst economic crisis in a decade, gas lines are snaking for hours, prices are spiking and residents goggle as the new government insists that the country somehow has risen to middle income status. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

Zimbabwe faces its worst economic crisis in a decade

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press

Armed soldiers stood guard as Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa arrived for the Parliament's opening session on Tuesday. Zimbabwe's opposition walked as Mr. Mnangagwa delivered his State of the Nation address. (Associated Press/File)

Zimbabwe’s Emmerson Mnangagwa faces old divisions

By Frank Chikowore - Special to The Washington Times

A soldier looks at a portrait of Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the venue of his inauguration in Harare, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018. This is the second swearing-in of Mnangagwa in just nine months as a country once jubilant over the fall of longtime leader Robert Mugabe is now more subdued after the reemergence of harassment of the opposition.(AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi)

A subdued Zimbabwe inaugurates Mnangagwa after disputed vote

By FARAI MUTSAKA - Associated Press