Foreign leaders, supporters bid farewell to Zimbabwe's Mugabe

Mourners sing ahead of a state funeral of the country's founder and longtime ruler Robert Mugabe at a national sports stadium in Harare, Zimbabwe. [Reuters]

Foreign leaders, supporters and ordinary citizens gathered at a national stadium on Saturday to bid farewell to Zimbabwe’s founder Robert Mugabe, after a week of disputes over his burial that have threatened to undermine President Emmerson Mnangagwa.

Mugabe, who ruled Zimbabwe for 37 years until he was ousted by his own army in November 2017, died in a Singapore hospital a week ago aged 95.