{"id":251,"date":"2019-09-08T18:44:41","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T18:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/gambia\/?p=251"},"modified":"2019-09-08T18:44:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T18:44:41","slug":"over-to-you-zimbabwe-country-is-thrown-into-mourning-as-mugabe-dies-at-95-age-jawara-died-at","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/over-to-you-zimbabwe-country-is-thrown-into-mourning-as-mugabe-dies-at-95-age-jawara-died-at","title":{"rendered":"Over To You Zimbabwe! 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He was ousted in a military coup in 2017 after 37 years in power.<\/p>\n<p>Mugabe\u2019s death comes 11 days after former Gambian president Sir Dawda Dawda Kairaba Jawara died at the same age.<\/p>\n<p>Jawara is to The Gambia what Mugabe is to Zimbabwe as both men are credited for taking their countries to independence and later becoming their first presidents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former president of Zimbabwe Robert Mugabe has died at the age of 95. 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