wo07 Sept Robert Mugabe through the years


  • Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe delivers a speech during a graduation ceremony at the Zimbabwe Open University in Harare in 2017. He died in Singapore aged 95. AFP
    Zimbabwe's former President Robert Mugabe delivers a speech during a graduation ceremony at the Zimbabwe Open University in Harare in 2017. He died in Singapore aged 95. AFP
  • 1976: Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean politician, leader of ZANU (Zimbabwean African National Union). Keystone/Getty Images
    1976: Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean politician, leader of ZANU (Zimbabwean African National Union). Keystone/Getty Images
  • 4th March 1980: Robert Mugabe, first prime minister of independent Zimbabwe, speaks at a press conference. Keystone / Getty Images
    4th March 1980: Robert Mugabe, first prime minister of independent Zimbabwe, speaks at a press conference. Keystone / Getty Images
  • Mugabe meeting British prime minister Margaret Thatcher at No 10 Downing Street, en route to President Tito's funeral in Yugoslavia in 1980. Evening Standard/Getty Images
    Mugabe meeting British prime minister Margaret Thatcher at No 10 Downing Street, en route to President Tito's funeral in Yugoslavia in 1980. Evening Standard/Getty Images
  • 7th September 1979: Mugabe in London for the British convened Zimbabwe / Rhodesia Constitutional talks. Mike Stephens / Central Press/Getty Images
    7th September 1979: Mugabe in London for the British convened Zimbabwe / Rhodesia Constitutional talks. Mike Stephens / Central Press/Getty Images
  • Mugabe meeting Chinese cleaders in Beijing in 2014. Diego Azubel-Pool/Getty Images
    Mugabe meeting Chinese cleaders in Beijing in 2014. Diego Azubel-Pool/Getty Images
  • Mugabe pictured with President Nelson Mandela in South Africa during a state visitMedia24/Gallo Images/Getty Images
    Mugabe pictured with President Nelson Mandela in South Africa during a state visitMedia24/Gallo Images/Getty Images
  • Mugabe at the 22nd African Heads of State Conference on February 21, 2003 in Paris, France. Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images
    Mugabe at the 22nd African Heads of State Conference on February 21, 2003 in Paris, France. Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images
  • Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao geets Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on July 27, 2005 in Beijing, China. Getty Images
    Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao geets Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on July 27, 2005 in Beijing, China. Getty Images
  • Libyan leader Col Muammar Qaddafi and Mugabe greet supporters outside State House in Harare, Zimbabwe July 12, 2001. Reuters
    Libyan leader Col Muammar Qaddafi and Mugabe greet supporters outside State House in Harare, Zimbabwe July 12, 2001. Reuters
  • Princess Diana with Mugaba on the British Royal visit to Zimbabwe in 1993. Shutterstock
    Princess Diana with Mugaba on the British Royal visit to Zimbabwe in 1993. Shutterstock
  • Robert Mugabe with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Shutterstock
    Robert Mugabe with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Shutterstock
  • Mugabe speaks to delegates at the UN Climate Change Conference on December 16, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Getty Images
    Mugabe speaks to delegates at the UN Climate Change Conference on December 16, 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Getty Images
  • US First Lady Hillary Clinton is escorted by Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace Mugabe after she arrived at the presidential palace in Harare March 21, 1997. Reuters
    US First Lady Hillary Clinton is escorted by Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace Mugabe after she arrived at the presidential palace in Harare March 21, 1997. Reuters
  • Chinese President Xi Jinping is welcomed byMugabe in Harare on December 1, 2015 Xi arrived here Tuesday for a state visit to Zimbabwe
    Chinese President Xi Jinping is welcomed byMugabe in Harare on December 1, 2015 Xi arrived here Tuesday for a state visit to Zimbabwe
  • Cuban President Fidel Castro shakes hands with Mugabe in Havana in September 2005.
    Cuban President Fidel Castro shakes hands with Mugabe in Havana in September 2005.