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Zimbabwe's Former Leader Mugabe Buried at His Rural Home

Columbus Mavhunga

   ZVIMBA, ZIMBABWE -- Zimbabwe's former president, Robert Mugabe, was
   buried Saturday in a low-key ceremony in his rural village. The site
   was chosen after the 95-year-old former leader's family refused to have
   him buried at the national shrine in Harare because he had been
   "ridiculed."

   A Roman Catholic mass was held Saturday afternoon at Mugabe's former
   home, about 100 kilometers northwest of Harare ahead of his burial.
   Only family members were allowed to witness the interment, which took
   place on the home's grounds just before sunset.

   Junior Shuvai Gumbochuma, the sister of Grace Mugabe, said the former
   leader's family was not worried about the low-key burial.

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