Also known as: Robert and Grace Mugabe · the late Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe · Robert Gabriel Mugabe
Robert Mugabe — former president of Zimbabwe who led the country's independence from Rhodesian rule in 1980 and ruled for nearly four decades before his removal by the military in 2017.
… Under the Convention People’s Party government, Ghana welcomed hundreds of political refugees, independence activists, and freedom fighters, including key leaders such as Patrice Lumumba, Robert Mugabe, Amílcar Cabral, and Sam Nujoma. …
… A young Robert Mugabe in 1980s at a ZANU-PF rally And yet, when Mugabe died in 2019 at the age of 95, he had long outlived his relevance in Zimbabwean politics. …
… Mnangagwa, 83, took power in 2017 after ousting long-time ruler Robert Mugabe with the backing of the military, and went on to win disputed elections in 2018 and 2023. …
Emmerson Mnangagwa’s political skills may have earned him the nickname “The Crocodile”, but it still took half a century of working under Robert Mugabe before he got the chance to take Zimbabwe’s top job. …
… ZANU-PF has ruled Zimbabwe since independence from Britain in 1980, first under longtime leader Robert Mugabe and then Mnangagwa, who took over after a 2017 coup. …
… England men’s cricket team boycotted their 2003 World Cup match against Zimbabwe in Harare because of Robert Mugabe’s ruling regime, while 67 of 147 nations did not compete at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow following the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan a year earlier. …
A South African court on Wednesday ordered the youngest son of Zimbabwe’s former president, Robert Mugabe, to pay a large fine and said he would be deported for pointing a toy gun at someone and breaking immigration laws. …
On March 6, 1957, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah declared Ghana's independence but tied it to the total liberation of the African continent, establishing a foreign policy agenda centered on decolonization, structural integration, and non-alignment. Nkrumah viewed Ghana's political independence as a strategic foundation from which the rest of Africa would be liberated, transforming Accra into a center of anti-colonial resistance across the continent.
On March 6, 1957, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah declared Ghana's independence but tied it to the total liberation of the African continent, establishing a foreign policy agenda centered on decolonization, structural integration, and non-alignment. Nkrumah viewed Ghana's political independence as a strategic foundation from which the rest of Africa would be liberated, transforming Accra into a center of anti-colonial resistance across the continent.
An analysis of Robert Mugabe's life from his birth in 1924 through his death in 2019, tracing his transformation from schoolteacher to revolutionary who led Zimbabwe's independence from Rhodesian rule in 1980 and his subsequent nearly four decades in power before his removal by the military in 2017.
Harare's streets were quieter than usual as residents responded to a call for a nationwide shutdown by opposition groups and civil society activists against constitutional amendments. Police deployed across the city blocked access to gathering spaces as critics said the changes could extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term until 2030.
Zimbabwe's upper house of parliament approved a bill extending presidential terms from five to seven years, allowing President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain in office until 2030. The bill also provides for presidents to be elected by parliament rather than direct popular vote, with 75 senators voting in favour and four against.
Zimbabwe's lower house has passed legislation to extend presidential terms from five to seven years, allowing President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain in power until 2030. The bill, which also scraps direct presidential elections in favour of parliamentary selection, secured 216 votes in Thursday's vote, exceeding the two-thirds majority threshold required to amend the constitution.
Zimbabwe's parliament voted on Thursday to change the constitution and extend presidential terms from five years to seven, a move that would allow President Emmerson Mnangagwa, 83, to remain in power until 2030. The legislation, which supporters in Mnangagwa's ZANU-PF party argue will boost stability and enable longer-term planning, has faced opposition from the public and some war veterans who view it as a power grab; the changes must still be approved by the Senate before being ratified.
Zimbabwe's government introduced legislation to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa's term by two years to 2030 by amending the constitution to extend presidential terms from five years to seven years and allow presidents to be elected by parliament rather than direct popular vote. The ruling ZANU-PF party, which holds a two-thirds majority in the lower house, is expected to pass the bill despite opposition from retired military officials and liberation war veterans.
Top men's and women's tennis players are demanding a higher percentage of Grand Slam revenue, benefit contributions, and greater say in scheduling. Players including Jannik Sinner and Aryna Sabalenka say the core issue is respect, noting they have not received a substantive response to a letter submitted a year ago, and that top athletes in other sports typically receive responses within 48 hours.
A South African court ordered Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, youngest son of Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe, to pay a large fine and be deported for pointing a toy gun and violating immigration laws. His co-accused pleaded guilty to attempted murder of a worker who was shot and wounded at a mansion in Johannesburg where Mugabe was staying.
A South African magistrate ordered the immediate deportation of Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe, 29, after he pleaded guilty to brandishing an object likely to lead a person to believe it is a firearm and being in South Africa illegally. He was fined approximately 538,000 GHS and ordered removed from the courthouse directly to an airport for return to Zimbabwe.