Zimbabweans mourn founder Mugabe but confused over burial


  • World
  • Saturday, 07 Sep 2019

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa addresses the media after the death of former President Robert Mugabe at State House in Harare, Zimbabwe September 6, 2019. REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabweans on Saturday mourned the death of their founding father Robert Mugabe but there was confusion over when his body would be returned from abroad for burial, two years after he was toppled in a coup.

Mugabe died on Friday aged 95 in Singapore, where he had long received medical treatment.

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