According to Father Emmanuel Ribeiro, who was Mugabe's priest during his imprisonment, Mugabe got through the experience "partly through the strength of his spirituality" but also …

Nov 13, 2025 · Robert Mugabe, Black nationalist and the first ruler of independent Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia), serving first as prime minister (1980–87), then as executive president …

Nov 15, 2017 · Robert Mugabe, the recently deposed president of Zimbabwe, has long been known as the dictator who “ruined” his country.

Sep 5, 2025 · Explore the complex history of Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s leader who ruled for 37 years, from his rise to power to his eventual ousting.

Mar 8, 2025 · Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as the leader of Zimbabwe from 1980 until he was deposed in a coup in 2017. He se...

News about Robert Mugabe, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

• Full name Robert Gabriel Mugabe • Born February 21, 1924, at Kutama Mission in what was then Rhodesia. Son of Gabriel and Bona Mugabe. Member of Shona tribe

Robert Gabriel Mugabe (21 February 1924 – 6 September 2019) was a Southern Rhodesian-born Zimbabwean politician. He was the President of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017.

Sep 6, 2019 · Robert Mugabe, the Zimbabwean independence icon turned authoritarian leader, has died aged 95. Mr Mugabe had been receiving treatment in a hospital in Singapore since …

Mugabe rose to prominence in the 1960s as the leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) during the conflict against the conservative white-minority government of Rhodesia. …