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Mugabe funeral: Leaders pay tribute at quarter-full stadium
Source: BBC
Mugabe funeral: Leaders pay tribute at quarter-full stadium
14 September 2019
African leaders have hailed Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe as a liberation hero at his funeral in the national stadium in the capital Harare.
Current Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa called him a visionary and said "our motherland is in tears".
However, the 60,000 capacity stadium was only a quarter full.
The country's economy is in crisis and many Zimbabweans said they would shun the ceremony because of the repression that marked Mr Mugabe's later rule.
Soaring inflation and unemployment grip the country and some blame this on the former leader.
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14 September 2019
African leaders have hailed Zimbabwe's former president Robert Mugabe as a liberation hero at his funeral in the national stadium in the capital Harare.
Current Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa called him a visionary and said "our motherland is in tears".
However, the 60,000 capacity stadium was only a quarter full.
The country's economy is in crisis and many Zimbabweans said they would shun the ceremony because of the repression that marked Mr Mugabe's later rule.
Soaring inflation and unemployment grip the country and some blame this on the former leader.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-49686131
The crowd was concentrated on one side of the stadium, leaving the other side almost empty (Reuters)
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