Plane Carrying Mugabe’s Body Lands In Zimbabwe

Plane Carrying Mugabe’s Body Lands In Zimbabwe.

A man carrying a portrait of late former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe makes his way to the Robert Mugabe International Airport on September 11.The body of Zimbabwe’s ex-president, Robert Mugabe, arrived home on Wednesday for burial in a country divided over the legacy of a former liberation hero whose 37-year rule was marked by repression and economic ruin.

Around two thousand supporters, family members and government officials were on the tarmac at Harare airport to welcome Mugabe’s remains as they arrived by charter flight from Singapore, an AFP reporter at the scene said. Chinese President Xi Jinping, former Cuban leader Raul Castro and a dozen African presidents, including South Africa’s Cyril Ramaphosa, are among those expected to attend Mugabe’s state funeral on Saturday in Harare, Zimbabwe’s presidency said.His family and President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government are apparently at odds over whether it would be at his homestead northwest of Harare or at a shrine for liberation heroes in the capital.

Yet Harare residents appeared largely unconcerned, with shops remaining open and people going about their daily errands.

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