Zimbabwe's foreign minister dies after contracting COVID-19


  • World
  • Wednesday, 20 Jan 2021

FILE PHOTO: Minister of Foreign Affairs Sibusiso Moyo speaks to Reuters at his office in Harare,Zimbabwe,September 13,2019.REUTERS/Philimon Bulawayo

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's foreign minister, Sibusiso Moyo, has died after contracting COVID-19, presidential spokesman George Charamba said on Wednesday.

Moyo, a former army general who announced the military coup that led to the removal of the late long-serving leader Robert Mugabe in November 2017. Moyo died at a local hospital early on Wednesday, Charamba said.

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