Fri 06 September 2019:
The current president of Zimbabwe has confirmed the news.
Zimbabwe’s founding president Robert Mugabe has passed away after a long battle with ill health.
The Mirror reports that Mugabe passed away in a hospital in Singapore. He turned 95 in February.
It is with the utmost sadness that I announce the passing on of Zimbabwe’s founding father and former President, Cde Robert Mugabe (1/2)
— President of Zimbabwe (@edmnangagwa) September 6, 2019