Mugabe

Mu·ga·be

(mo͝o-gä′bē), Robert Gabriel Born 1924.

Zimbabwean politician who led the black nationalist struggle against the white minority government of Rhodesia. After Zimbabwe's independence (1980), he was elected prime minister, then president (since 1987). His forcible redistribution of farmland caused a severe decline in the country's food production, resulting in widespread famine.

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Mugabe

(mʊˈɡɑːbɪ)

(Biography) Robert. born 1925, Zimbabwean politician; leader of one wing of the Patriotic Front against the government of Ian Smith of Rhodesia, and of the Zanu party; prime minister (1980–87); president from 1987

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Mu•ga•be

(muˈgɑ bi, -beɪ)

n.

Robert (Gabriel), born 1924, prime minister of Zimbabwe 1980–87; president since 1987.

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Nearly $1m (APS914,000) in cash was stolen from a briefcase belonging to Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe, the state-owned Herald newspaper reports - quoting "updated court documents".

Mugabe 'lost $1m not $150,000' in briefcase theft

South African prosecutors have issued an arrest warrant for Zimbabwe's ex-first lady, Grace Mugabe, for allegedly assaulting a model in 2017, police say.

Grace Mugabe faces South Africa arrest warrant

ZIMBABWE'S former president Robert Mugabe is no longer able to walk as his health declines, his successor has said.

Mugabe 'can't walk'

HARARE (Reuters) - Former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe has been receiving medical treatment in Singapore for the last two months and is no longer able to walk, though he should return home next week, President Emmerson Mnangagwa said on Saturday.

Zimbabwe's Mugabe in Singapore for medical treatment, unable to walk

IN a surprise address to the nation after months of silence, Zimbabwe's former leader Robert Mugabe emerged just hours before Monday's historic election declaring that 'I will not vote for those who have illegally taken power' and turning his back on the ruling party he long controlled.

Mugabe breaks silence on Zimbabwe poll

Robert Mugabe has found a way to get into the news once more--albeit in a negative context.

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Former President Robert Mugabe marked his birthday Morgan Tsvangirai was buried.

Tragic coincidence on Mugabe's birthday

Summary: In the wake of a military 'non-coup' Mugabe has left office as President of Zimbabwe

Mugabe leaves office

Just as the name Castro comes to mind when one thinks of Cuba, Zimbabwe has always been linked with one man - Robert Mugabe.

Winds Of Change In Zimbabwe

As former president Robert Mugabe and his second wife, Grace Mugabe, exit from Zimbabwe's State House, Zimbabweans have hankered for "Amai" (Mother) Sally, his late first wife, who is fondly remembered as a "very sensitive and intelligent woman" who may have been a "restraining influence" on her husband.

Stop putting all the blame on Grace

by Agence France-Presse President Robert Mugabe listens to his wife Grace Mugabe at a rally of his ruling ZANU-PF party in Harare, Zimbabwe, on November 8, 2017.

Mugabe accepts ousting and is quite jovial, says nephew

Summary: Harare [Zimbabwe], Nov 25 (ANI): A Zimbabwean High court judge has ruled the military action against former president Robert Mugabe that led to his resignation as legal.