Mr Mugabe was a prominent figure during Zimbabwe's fight for independence Three days of national mourning have begun in Zimbabwe following the death of former president Robert Mugabe. Mr Mugabe ...

Robert Gabriel Mugabe was born in Matibiri village in the Zvimba District northeast of Salisbury in Southern Rhodesia – now known as Zimbabwe. Both his older brothers died when he was young, leaving ...

David Coltart, a former minister in Robert Mugabe’s Government of National Unity (GNU), shares some of the hard lessons learned in Zimbabwe where Zanu-PF used the GNU to hollow out the opposition and ...

The BBC's Shingai Nyoka said the national stadium in Harare was not full, as some African leaders paid tribute to Mugabe The body of Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe is being kept in his ...