Zimbabwe Opposition Leader Tsvangirai Passes Away

Expand Opposition Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai addresses a crowd gathered outside parliament in Harare, Zimbabwe, November 21, 2017. © 2017 Reuters Many in Zimbabwe are in mourning following the death of Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, former prime minister and leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party. Tsvangirai, age 65, succumbed to colon cancer at a South African hospital yesterday. A former trade unionist, Tsvangirai was the face of Zimbabwe’s democracy struggle against the repressive rule of then-president Robert Mugabe and his ZANU-PF…

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