[NEWS] NATIONAL MOURNING FOR MUGABE

ZIMBABWEAN PRESIDENT EMMERSON MNANGAGWA ON FRIDAY DECLARED THE LATE FOUNDING LEADER OF ZIMBABWE, ROBERT MUGABE, A NATIONAL HERO.

MUGABE, 95, DIED FRIDAY MORNING IN SINGAPORE, WHERE HE HAD BEEN RECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT SINCE APRIL.

IN AN ADDRESS TO THE NATION, MNANGAGWA DECLARED DAYS OF NATIONAL MOURNING UNTIL MUGABE IS BURIED.

“OUR PARTY, ZANU-PF, HAS MET AND ACCORDED HIM NATIONAL HERO STATUS, WHICH HE EARNED AND RICHLY DESERVES,’’ MR MNANGAGWA SAID.

HE ALSO THANKED THE GOVERNMENT OF SINGAPORE FOR THE MEDICAL CARE IT EXTENDED TO THE LEADER UNTIL HIS DEATH.

IN A GLOWING AND MOVING TRIBUTE, MR MNANGAGWA PRAISED MUGABE FOR HIS GREAT CONTRIBUTION AND DEDICATION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COUNTRY BEFORE AND AFTER INDEPENDENCE.