Robert Mugabe, revolutionary founder of Zimbabwe, has died, the country's president tweeted. He was 95.
"rest in peace" and"My response to your passing is complicated ... However, for now, deepest condolences to his family."
The U.S. Embassy in Zimbabwe said the at the time that the resignation of Mugabe"marks an historic moment" for the country and congratulated all Zimbabweans who raised their voices. He became prime minister after the end of white minority rule in 1980 in the country, which was previously known as Rhodesia, Reuters reported. He took office as president in 1987 following a change in the constitution.
Mugabe pushed legislation through parliament, allowing his government to seize more than half the white-owned farms, and his crackdown against the Movement for Democratic Change and journalists in the early 2000s increased his international isolation, Reuters reported.
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