Tag: Robert Mugabe

The former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe has passed away, leaving the nations LGBTI community with mixed feelings about the leader who has been recognised as both a liberator and condemned for his oppression. Mugabe’s death which was confirmed via Twitter by Zimbabwe’s current President, Emmerson Mnangagwa via twitter saying “Zimbabwe’s founding father and former

‘The people of Zimbabwe deserve better‘ LGBTI and human rights groups have ‘welcomed the demise of the brutal homophobic tyrant Robert Mugabe in Zimbabwe. Many groups are now calling on whoever replaces the ousted leader to improve the country’s human rights record. Mugabe ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years and resigned on Tuesday after a military coup and rising tensions in his own party. In his 37 years of rule, it is estimated that tens of thousands of people were tortured, forcibly disappeared or...