Former Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe dies aged 95
Jubilant scenes erupted on the streets across the country, including the capital Harare, as Zimbabweans rejoiced the controversial leader's downfall.
He had been accused of a range of human rights abuses, including denying food aid to areas supporting the opposition.Sky's Africa correspondent John Sparks said:"He really dominated politics in Zimbabwe for four decades and was chiefly responsible for ending white minority rule under Ian Smith in 1980.
Sparks said there would be"some sympathy" for his family in Zimbabwe."There is some grudging respect for him, particularly for his role in bringing about what people see in the country as the country's liberation from white minority rule, but he did an awful lot of damage there as well. The country now is in a terrible mess," he added.
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