Days of official mourning begin in Zimbabwe for Robert Mugabe, who had become a national hero despite decades of rule that left the country struggling.
FILE -- In this Friday, Nov. 17, 2017 file photo, Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe officiates at a student graduation ceremony at Zimbabwe Open University on the outskirts of Harare, Zimbabwe. On Friday, Sept. 6, 2019, Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa said his predecessor Robert Mugabe, age 95, has died.
“Comrade Mugabe will be buried at the Heroes Acre,” deputy information minister Energy Mutodi said. “That is where he deserves to rest.” Reaction to his death was mixed, although praise ironically came mostly from ruling party officials and military leaders. In an editorial page, the newspaper praised Mugabe for “his uncompromising stance when it came to the rights of Africans.”
“Notwithstanding the many mistakes that he made, many Zimbabweans will probably agree that had he not held on to power beyond the 1990s, he would today be largely remembered as one of Africa’s best leaders in history,” the paper said in an editorial.
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