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Mugabe's body heads back to divided Zimbabwe for burial

A hearse transporting Mugabe's body left a Singapore funeral parlour accompanied by a police escort. [Image: AFP]

The body of Zimbabwe's ex-president Robert Mugabe was flown out of Singapore Wednesday following his death last week, his nephew said, heading home for burial in a country bitterly divided by the hero-turned-despot's legacy.

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