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Katanga’s lawyer asked to prove he is an enrolled advocate

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ronald Mugabe Ruranga, a lawyer and farmer, took the stand as the sixth prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of Molly Katanga, who is accused of murdering her husband, Henry Katanga Machwa. The trial, presided over by Justice Isaac Muwata, continues to unfold at …

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Museveni renews Brigadier Mugabe’s contract

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has officially renewed the contract of Brigadier Freeman Robert Mugabe as Chairperson of the General Court Martial. Brigadier Mugabe’s contract, which expired on June 9th, was renewed last Thursday, according to a letter dated June 6th, 2024. The renewal comes after …

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Robert Gabriel Mugabe burial underway in rural Zimbabwe home

Zimbabwe | AFP | The family of former Zimbabwe president Robert Gabriel Mugabe gathered in his rural homestead on Saturday, three weeks after his death, to attend a much-awaited burial ceremony in the village of Kutama. Mugabe died in a Singapore hospital on September 6, aged 95, almost two years after …

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ZIMBABWE: Robert Mugabe will be buried at home village

Harare, Zimbabwe | AFP | Zimbabwe announced on Thursday that ex-president Robert Mugabe would be buried at his home village in Zvimba as requested by his family. The government said the family of the former leader, who died in Singapore on September 6 aged 95, “has expressed its desire to …

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Africa’s longest serving leaders

Johannesburg, South Africa | AFP |  Zimbabwe’s former president Robert Mugabe, whose death was announced on Friday, was in power for 37 years, but is far from the only African leader to have ruled for so long. Equatorial Guinea’s Teodoro Obiang Nguema is Africa’s longest-serving president currently in power after …

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Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe dies aged 95

Harare, Zimbabwe | AFP |Robert Mugabe, who led Zimbabwe with an iron fist from 1980 to 2017, has died aged 95, the country’s president announced Friday. First heralded as a liberator who rid the former British colony of Rhodesia of white minority rule, Mugabe used repression and fear to hold …

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Mugabe’s tractors, trucks to be auctioned to pay off debts

Harare, Zimbabwe | AFP | Farm tractors, pick-up trucks and combine harvesters from former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe’s dairy farm will go under the hammer to pay off debts, auctioneers announced Thursday. Mugabe, who ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years, owned several farms despite laws limiting individuals to one farm. He …

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