BREAKING: Ex-Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe dies

Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced on Friday that his predecessor, Robert Mugabe, has died.

Mugabe had been ill for some time. Mnangagwa said in April that he had required medical treatment in Singapore. Mugabe's former spindoctor Jonathan Moyo was one of the first to comment. The former political prisoner turned guerrilla leader swept to power in the 1980 elections after a growing insurgency and economic sanctions forced the Rhodesian government to the negotiating table.

His partner in the armed struggle — the leader of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union , Joshua Nkomo — was one of the early casualties of Mugabe’s crackdown on dissent.

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