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BBC OS: Robert Mugabe's body arrives back in Zimbabwe

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Robert Mugabe's body arrives back in Zimbabwe

11/09/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - BBC OS, Robert Mugabe's body arrives back in Zimbabwe

The body of the ex-president is being flown from Singapore to Harare airport

The body of the ex-president is being flown from Singapore to Harare airport.

The body of Zimbabwe's ex-president Robert Mugabe is arriving back in the country. It's being flown from Singapore to Harare airport, before a state funeral on Saturday. Mr Mugabe died last week aged 95 in Singapore, where he had been receiving hospital treatment. We'll speak to people in Zimbabwe about whether or not they are attending. 

Also, it is 'Diada Nacional De Catalunya' or the National Day of Catalonia, a day long festival celebrating the autonomous region. Part of the celebrations include a rally once again calling for Catalan independence. We'll hear from people who are there.

And around 600 Nigerian citizens are being repatriated from South Africa after a number of attacks on foreigners which some have described as xenophobic. We'll speak to Nigerian's who are returning. 

(Photo: A man carrying a portrait of late former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe makes his way to the Robert Mugabe International Airport where the body of the deceased leader will arrive. 11/09/2019. Credit: Jekesai NJIKIZANA / AFP)JEKESAI NJIKIZANA/AFP/Getty Images)

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