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Zimbabwe's Mugabe to be buried at national shrine, family says

A mourner pays his last respects to Robert Mugabe's body as it lies in state at the at Rufaro stadium, in Mbare, Harare, Zimbabwe, September 13, 2019. [Reuters]

Zimbabwe’s founder Robert Mugabe will be buried at a national shrine in Harare on Sunday, the Mugabe family spokesman said on Friday, contradicting comments a day earlier which suggested the family was resisting the government’s burial plans.

Mugabe, who ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years until he was ousted by his own army in November 2017, died in a Singapore hospital a week ago aged 95.

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