Mixed emotions as Mugabe dies at 95
An avalanche of tributes on Friday trailed the death of the first president of independent Zimbabwe, Mr. Robert Gabriel Mugabe.News of the death was broken by his successor and long standing ally, President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Buhari said Mugabe’s sacrifices, especially in struggling for the political and economic emancipation of his people, would always be remembered by posterity.President Uhuru Kenyata of Kenya said: ”In this moment of sorrow, my thoughts and prayers go out to his family, his relatives and the people of Zimbabwe who, for many years, he served with commitment and dedication.
“Under President Mugabe’s leadership, Zimbabwe’s sustained and valiant struggle against colonialism inspired our own struggle against apartheid and built in us the hope that one day South Africa too would be free.” Obasanjo, whose military government in the late 1970s massively supported the liberation struggle in Zimbabwe, said in a letter to President Emmerson Mnangagwa that he received the news of Mugabe’s death with immense sadness.
“Throughout his life, he firmly defended the sovereignty of his country, opposed foreign interference and actively promoted the cooperative relationship between China and Zimbabwe and China and Africa,” a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said.Russian President Vladimir Putin said: “Many important events in the modern history of Zimbabwe were associated with the name of Robert Mugabe,” according to the message published on the Kremlin website.
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