From liberator and hero to dictator and tyrant: Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe dies at 95

He held power for almost 40 years, beginning with the joyous freedom of colonialism, but descending into bloodshed and political persecution. Zimbabwean longtime leader Robert Mugabe has died at a Singapore hospital when he was 95 years old.

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His successor, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, described him as an "icon of liberation" while there were tributes to South African and Kenyan leaders. But to his many critics, he was a megalomaniac who was impoverishing and terrorizing his people.

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