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Mugabe was 'broken soul' in final years after ouster

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was left a 'broken soul' when the army turned against him in 2017. [Image: AFP]

Once feared for the all-encompassing power he wielded in Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe died a "broken soul," bereft at his downfall, his allies and relatives say.

Mugabe died in Singapore on Friday at the age of 95, nearly two months before the anniversary of the coup that forced him from power.

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