{"id":68969,"date":"2019-09-06T15:29:53","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T14:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=68969"},"modified":"2019-09-06T15:29:53","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T14:29:53","slug":"robert-mugabe-dies-at-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/robert-mugabe-dies-at-95\/","title":{"rendered":"Robert Mugabe Dies At 95"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Robert Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe with an iron fist from 1980 to 2017, has died aged 95, the country&#8217;s president announced Friday.First heralded as a liberator who rid the former British colony of Rhodesia of white minority rule, Mugabe used repression and fear to hold on to power in Zimbabwe until he was finally ousted by his previously loyal military generals.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is with the utmost sadness that I announce the passing on of Zimbabwe&#8217;s founding father and former President&#8230; Robert Mugabe,&#8221; Emmerson Mnangagwa said in a tweet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mugabe was an icon of liberation, a pan-Africanist who dedicated his life to the emancipation and empowerment of his people. His contribution to the history of our nation and continent will never be forgotten.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mugabe had been battling ill health, and his humiliating fall from office in November 2017, his stamina seeped away rapidly. He was hospitalised in Singapore for months for an undisclosed ailment, Mnangagwa had confirmed earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>No further details were immediately available about the circumstances of his death, or where he died.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Robert Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe with an iron fist from 1980 to 2017, has died aged 95, the country&#8217;s president announced Friday.First heralded as a liberator who rid the former&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-68969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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