{"id":699800,"date":"2019-09-06T06:10:03","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T06:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2019\/09\/06\/former-zimbabwe-president-robert-mugabe-dies-aged-95\/"},"modified":"2019-09-06T06:10:03","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T06:10:03","slug":"former-zimbabwe-president-robert-mugabe-dies-aged-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/09\/06\/former-zimbabwe-president-robert-mugabe-dies-aged-95\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Zimbabwe President, Robert Mugabe, Dies Aged 95"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_704484\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-704484\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-704484 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Mugabe-dies-600x337.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Mugabe\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\"  \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-704484\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Mugabe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe\u2019s first post-independence leader, has died aged 95, after battling ill health.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Mugabe had been in hospital in Singapore since April.<\/p>\n<p>His successor, Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa, expressed his \u201cutmost sadness\u201d, calling Mr Mugabe \u201cZimbabwe\u2019s founding father\u201d and \u201can icon of liberation\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-704483\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/ZIM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"489\" height=\"215\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>              &#13;\n                    <\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 Robert Mugabe Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe\u2019s first post-independence leader, has died aged 95, after battling ill health. Mr Mugabe had been in hospital in Singapore since April. 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