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Mugabe funeral: Zimbabwe ex-president laid to rest in Kutama – BBC News, BBC News

Mugabe funeral: Zimbabwe ex-president laid to rest in Kutama – BBC News, BBC News


        

                                 A soldier stands beside a picture of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe during a church service at his rural village in Kutama, Zimbabwe, September 28, 2019Image copyright                 Reuters                                                  

Zimbabwe’s former President Robert Mugabe has been laid to rest in the rural village where he was born, three weeks after his death at the age of 95

He was buried in the courtyard of his home in Kutama, about (km) 55 miles) west of the capital Harare.

Mugabe died in a Singapore hospital on 6 September, nearly two years after a coup ended his 37 years in power .

The Mugabe family decided on a private burial in Kutama after weeks of argument with the government.

Ministers had wanted the body to rest at the National Heroes Acre in Harare. A mausoleum for the former president was being constructed at the site, which is reserved for heroes of Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle.

But Mugabe’s family said he had wanted to be buried at his rural home, close to his late mother Bona.

No senior government officials were among the audience at a pre-burial service in Kutama on Saturday, which was attended by hundreds of mourners. A sparsely attended state funeral was held for Mugabe in Harare on 14 September.

In Kutama, Mugabe’s widow Grace and his children accompanied the coffin, which was draped in the green, yellow, red and black flag of Zimbabwe.

            

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Media captionMugabe: From war hero to resignation

Mugabe, a guerrilla leader who fought against white minority rule in what was then Rhodesia, took power after independence from Britain in 1980.

Initially lauded as an icon of African liberation, his rule became steadily more repressive as he clamped down on political opponents.

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Image caption                                    Grace Mugabe accompanied the coffin                             

Disastrous economic and agricultural policies drove the once-prosperous country into the ground, and *** fled abroad.

Mugabe was brought down by army generals in 2017. His deputy Emmerson Mnangagwa was elected president in 2018

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Image caption                                    The National Heroes Acre shrine in Harare is to remember those who fought colonial rule                             

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