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Some Zimbabweans Mourn Their Former Leader, Mugabe

Columbus Mavhunga

   ZVIMBA, ZIMBABWE - Ahead of a state funeral for Robert Mugabe, some
   Zimbabweans are mourning their former leader, who died last week in
   Singapore. A hero to some, Mugabe was also a controversial figure.

   Mourners gathered at the home of former Zimbabwean leader Robert
   Mugabe, about 100 kilometers southwest of Harare.

   Febby Felictus Dube was among them.

   She said, "To us he is a hero and made us better people. Right now it's
   different. We lost our father."

   But Mugabe isn't revered by everyone. Thirty-two-year-old Sam Callisto
   Kabhara is a critic.

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