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Newshour: Mugabe funeral: Leaders gather to pay tribute as Zimbabweans shun ceremony

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Mugabe funeral: Leaders gather to pay tribute as Zimbabweans shun ceremony

14/09/2019 GMT

BBC World Service - Newshour, Mugabe funeral: Leaders gather to pay tribute as Zimbabweans shun ceremony

Former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe has been remembered in a state funeral today.

One of Africa's great liberation leaders was remembered today, as was one of its more brutal dictators.  Robert Mugabe was both these things and more; for 37 years he led Zimbabwe. We reflect on his legacy on the day of his state funeral in Harare.

Also in the programme: The US blames Iran over an attack on Saudi oil plants which Houthi rebels in Yemen say they launched; Italy allows a rescue vessel with more than 80 migrants on board to sail to an Italian port; and an 18-carat gold toilet worth more than a million dollars has been stolen from a British stately home.

(PICTURE: A release of 95 doves honouring the late former Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe are released during an official funeral service at the National Sports Stadium in Harare. Zimbabwe gave former leader Robert Mugabe a state funeral with African leaders paying tribute to a man they lauded as a liberation hero but whose 37-year rule was defined by repression and economic turmoil. ZINYANGE AUNTONY/AFP/Getty Images)

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