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		</div><h6><span style="color: #382d2d;"><strong>Family of Robert Mugabe gathered in his rural homestead on Saturday, for a low-keyed funeral, three weeks after his death</strong></span></h6>
<h6>Burial ceremony for the man who ruled Zimbabwe for <span style="color: #382d2d;"><strong>37 years with an iron grip was in his village of Kutama, about 55 miles from the capital city of Harare </strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #382d2d;"><strong>Mugabe died in a Singapore hospital on Sept 6, aged 95, almost two years after a military coup ended his nearly four decades rule as the absolute despot of the newly emerging African nation</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #382d2d;"><strong>Mugabe&#8217;s widow Grace and his children accompanied the casket which was draped in Zimbabwe&#8217;s green, yellow, red and black flag</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #382d2d;"><strong>No senior government officials were among the audience</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #382d2d;"><strong>Grace Mugabe walked behind his coffin in a black veil as the former Zimbabwe president is buried in a private ceremony in the courtyard of his rural home after long-running dispute between his family and the government over his final resting place</strong></span></h6>
<h6><span style="color: #382d2d;"><strong>Only approved guests were in attendance at the private farewell today, an uncommon move in Zimbabwe</strong></span></h6>
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<div><span style="color: var(--color-text);">The family of former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe gathered in his rural homestead on Saturday, three weeks after his death, to attend a much-awaited burial ceremony in the village of o</span></div>
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<p>Mugabe died in a Singapore hospital on September 6, aged 95, almost two years after a military coup ended his 37-year rule as the absolute despot of the young nation that emerged from the former British colony of Rhodesia<br />
His remains was laid to rest in the courtyard of his home in the district of Zvimba, about 55 miles west of the capital Harare.<br />
Mugabe&#8217;s widow Grace wore a black veil at the ceremony as she looked on at the coffin draped in the nation&#8217;s flag.</p>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Robert-Mugabe-Funeral-5.jpg?ssl=1&;w=900" />Former first lady Grace Mugabe walks past a portrait of her late husband Robert Mugabe ahead of the funeral in Kutama, Zimbabwe on Sept 28 </span></strong></h6>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-331167" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Robert-Mugabe-funeral-7.jpg" alt="Robert Mugabe funeral 7" width="953" height="670" />A soldier stands guard beside the ex-president&#8217;s coffin draped in the country&#8217;s flag with a floral display saying &#8216;Dad&#8217; at the church service in the rural village of Kutama on Saturday</span></strong></h6>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-331184" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Robert-Mugabe-1-1.jpg" alt="Robert Mugabe 1.JPG" width="735" height="474" />Former Zimbabwean dictator Robert Mugabe, [photo], was ousted in a coup in 2017, after 37 years of iron-fisted leadership of the former Rhodesia. His rule was marked by hyper inflation, high unemployment, official kleptocracy and brutal repression of opposition that left over 10,000 dead and many more either jailed or driven into exile. To his supporters however, he remains peerless</span></strong></h6>
<div><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Hundreds of mourners assembled for the low-key event, which was initially intended to be a private family ceremony.</span></div>
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<p class="mol-para-with-font">Many wore white Mugabe-emblazoned T-shirts with the slogans &#8216;founding father&#8217;, &#8216;liberator&#8217; and &#8216;torch bearer.&#8217; Some were singing and dancing. Others sat quietly under two white tents set up for the occasion.<br />
<span style="color: var(--color-text);">Mugabe&#8217;s widow Grace and his children accompanied the casket which was draped in Zimbabwe&#8217;s green, yellow, red and black flag.<br />
</span>No senior government officials were among the audience.<br />
The Mugabe family decided to bury Zimbabwe first post independence president in Kutama after weeks of wrangling with the government, who wanted the body laid to rest at the National Heroes Acre in Harare.</p>
<h6><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-331169" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Grace-Mugabe-9.jpg" alt="Grace Mugabe 9.JPG" width="790" height="854" />Former first lady Grace Mugabe, who wanted her husband buried at their city residence, &#8216;The Blue palace&#8217; in Harare, is seen wearing a black veil at the burial today</span></strong></h6>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-331171" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Robert-Mugabe-funeral-8.jpg" alt="Robert Mugabe funeral 8" width="679" height="444" />The officiating priests stand near a portrait of Mugabe as they prepare for the burial of the former leader in Kutama on Saturday. inspite of his many failings Mugabe loyalists still revere the fighter who led the bitter guerrilla war to end white-minority rule in the country then known as Rhodesia</span></strong></h6>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-331175" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Choral-group-sing-and-dance-at-Robert-Mugabe-2.jpg" alt="Choral group sing and dance at Robert Mugabe 2" width="677" height="442" /><strong>A choral group performs at a requiem mass for former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe ahead of his burial at his rural home on Saturday</strong></span></h6>
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<h6><img class="alignnone wp-image-331174" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Choral-group-sing-and-dance-at-Robert-Mugabe-1.jpg" alt="Choral group sing and dance at Robert Mugabe 1" width="710" height="518" /><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);">Members of a choral group sing and dance in celebration of Mugabe before the burial of the former president at his home village in Kutama, Zimbabwe today</span></strong></h6>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-331180" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Mausoleum-where-Robert-Mugabe-was-to-be-buried-1.jpg" alt="Mausoleum where Robert Mugabe was to be buried 1.JPG" width="673" height="441" />Initially the late leader&#8217;s family reached an agreement with the central govt that he would be buried at a new mausoleum [photo], but construction has been suspended after the family changed its mind over his burial site days later</span></strong></h6>
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<h6 class="mobile-gallery-icon"><strong><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-331188" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Robert-Mugabe-funeral-10.jpg" alt="Robert Mugabe funeral 10" width="679" height="445" />A soldier stands guard next to a portrait of the controversial leader today. Senior govt official did not attend the private burial ceremony at Mugabe&#8217;s country home </span></strong></h6>
<h6><strong style="color: var(--color-text);"><span style="color: var(--color-text);"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-331186" src="https://konniemoments.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Grace-Mugabe-10.jpg" alt="Grace Mugabe 10" width="681" height="441" />Many in Mugabe&#8217;s family are bitter over his ouster and the role played by his deputy and successor Emmerson Mnangagwa in ending his 37-year rule in 2017</span></strong></h6>
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<div><span style="color: var(--color-text);">The avowed socialist guerrilla leader Mugabe led the new nation emerging from white minority rule in 1980. Initially hailed as a pan-African liberator, Mugabe&#8217;s rule became increasingly repressive as he cracked down on his political opponents.</span></div>
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<div>This combined with a series of disastrous economic policies to drive millions of Zimbabweans abroad.<br />
Mugabe was toppled by his formerly loyal army generals in 2017.<br />
Many in Mugabe&#8217;s family are bitter over his ouster and the role played by his deputy and successor Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was elected president in 2018.<br />
Zimbabwe remains deeply split over his legacy.</div>
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Former Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe is laid to rest in a private ceremony at his country home, after weeks-long dispute between his family and the government over his final resting place
