but the people of zimbabwe suffered under his rule when mugabe ordered a purge of zimbabwe's slums entire neighborhoods were raised to the ground and up to a 1000000 people made homeless. economically mugabe in ruins and bob with a country that had once been africa's breadbasket. while his people were starving mugabe a celebrated his 91st birthday with a lavish party costing a reported $1000000.00. he once said that only god could remove him from office but in the end robert mugabe's insatiable will to power proved his undoing. off to firing his followers president emerson to install his wife grace as his 2nd in command the military intervened good morning zimbabwe in a defacto coup they placed mugabe under house arrest after 37 years in power he was forced to step down. sparking celebrations in the streets of harare. the roma. some especially africa will honor mugabe's legacy in the fight against white oppression but many around the world will remember him as the continent's most notorious dictator. let's speak to our correspondent privilege mashal vittie who is on the line with us from

>>'s legacy in zimbabwe is mixed.n the last years of the period of mugabe, he turned against the working people, oppressed the working people of zimbabwe, was actually homophobic, and he was removed from power at the moment when he lost legitimacy among the peoples of zimbabwe. amy: horacace campbell, thank yu for being with us professor of , african american studies and political science at syracuse university. written extensively on african politics. his books include "reclaiming zimbabwe: the exhaustion of the patriarchal model of liberation." when we come back, we will speak with longtime grassroots authorer lisa fithian, of "shut it down." stay with us. ♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, i'm amy goodman. we end today's show by looking at how people are engaging in non-violent direct action to demand action on the climate crisis. thursday was a global day of action for the amazon, with protests outside brazililian embassies and the e offices of corporations profiting from record destruction of the rain f

he led the zimbabwe african union to overthrow the white government of ian smith and recognize zimbabwein 1980. david mckinzy now takes a look at the legacy of one of men who shaped africa. >> reporter: after 37 years in power demanding nothing less than absolute loyalty, robert mugabe's reign was never going to end at the ballot box. but few could have imagined those two weeks in november 2017 when his military moved against him and his people took to the streets. >> so, what did those crowds mean to former president mugabe? what did he say? >> he saw that they spoke. he saw that they spoke. >> did it break him? >> it moved him. it moved him in this sense that he realized they are speaking to say this is enough. >> the negotiations, the generals would salute the man they were looking to overthrow. still, the coup in his resignation was a humiliating exit for mugabe who's name calm to identify zimbabwe. >> this was a man who had so much to offer, but he didn't. he focused on himself. what a tragedy. the death of robert mugabe breaks my heart within the context of the millions of lives t

, the record is patchy, but zimbabwe's zimbabwe, the record is patchy, but zimba bwe's literacy had zimbabwecare system, and was for many years the model post—colonial african country. and i think the memory of that your memoirs were called the resort, they have been described as a moving testa m e nt to have been described as a moving testament to the love and support, why do you think there was and still is toa why do you think there was and still is to a certain degree, a great love for zimbabwe, tell us about the potential that the country never quite reached? well, he died in singapore, and zimbabwe could have been the singapore of africa. it has far greater resources than singapore does. it has come as i mentioned earlier, highly literate population, very educated. and anyone who visits zimbabwe falls in love with it. obviously, it's a beautiful landscape. but if you were to go to zimbabwe now, you would struggle to get electricity, obviously the economy is in shambles, and the country is incredibly fractious and divided in a way that it wasn't 15-20 divided in a way that it wasn't 15—

and it marked zimbabwe ever afterwards. it marked zimbabwe ever afterwards. it will obviously mark robert mugabe's legacy. do you think he will be mostly remembered for that, rather than the early part of his political career? well, i think it will depend he was doing the remembering, to be honest. any kind of nationalist figures are likely to recall his tremendous achievements as the leader of the liberation struggle. but i think most ordinary people, certainly the people that i have spent quite a lot of time talking to over the years, will remember the man who sold out the country, effectively. who looted it. who ensured that those early achievements of his in education and in medicine... and zimbabweans are probably still the best educated people on the continent of africa. but nevertheless, all that went as mugabe simply looted the treasury and took the money out of the country. 0k, jun, thank you very much. john simpson, our world affairs editor. —— john. let's get more on this now from senator david coltart, the former zimbabwean minister of education,

does that in a way or another sum up his legacy well zimbabwe in the group or zimbabwe are going to be in deep mourning over the past. or. god be with our leader. pollution. who championed the armed destructo which give us our free dorm our human rights. our dignity you'll be one of the good talk you come along side from our common guma julius nearer. kenneth kaunda you're so mandela you will be even pollution ari i can not just african i can but also internationally each time you and you because of your praise the people everywhere. you was very principled you are strong. why not if you lead us in africa we'll take an exam on koran your masters and our learned to give it back to the right who people you want i mean flinching. in that little ok you lived a huge legacy for empowerment or for people in the early off age you creation zimbabweans now lifted the ideas in terms of literacy rate into also in terms of development this is why you find dublin's all over the world because of the asking it seems you also said penetration will fight the biggest that you've meant was giving land bac

george, you have to look at two zimbabwes. you have to look northward, his majority shona people, where he was already reviled. the genocide he carried out in 1983 to 1987 in the south against the matabele. they have never forgotten that. he did leave up to some 40,000 people dead simply as a way of crushing political opposition. >> at this point, many people are looking at that nation, asking what is the change politically and economically for people under the leadership of emmerson mnangagwa, whose nickname is the crocodile, a person who worked alongside robert mugabe. what is the difference? >> there isn't a great deal of difference. that's the difficulty. mnangagwa was part of the genocide of the 1980s. he was part of the crackdown on white farms. he was part of the bulldozing of shanty towns around the capital because so many of the urban people had moved to town in search of jobs and were becoming restless. he was mugabe's first, his iron fist. and of course that's now the man who has come to power. i hear my fellow zimb

and when zimbabwe celebrated independence mugabe the overwhelming winner of elections was in power. and soon showing revival liberation fighters what he'd do to keep it. in the early eighty's the opposition crushed thousands killed in ethnic massacres atrocities that were barely noticed abroad. but there was also much to add my racial reconciliation education and health for millions of zimbabweans although later the economy declined and the invasions of white farms in the year 2000 were turning point this time the world did notice. people said that this was going to happen it was going to turn into a bloodbath turn into another congress maybe this is it we're going to have to get out. it was a destructive process but they said he was correcting an old injustice and in many ways still fighting the old colonial power. that land is ours we give it to whom we please it's not the business of britain you see to tell us who to give land they do not wear that those who are given members of my by my party is irrelevant to britain. by now opposition was growing despite murder and many many zi

robert mugabe led zimbabwe as prime minister and president for 37 years.tive friday feeling. there is a positive friday feeling. the ftse 100 there is a positive friday feeling. the ftse100 has dipped into negative territory. markets in asia we re negative territory. markets in asia were pretty strong, they performed quite well in the dowjones in the united states last night. that market closed as well on a high following quite a good services report. i was iwasa i was a little worried, simon, we could not find you in the building earlier. a big week for brexit? we we re earlier. a big week for brexit? we were below $1.20 to the pound and we are now above that. these are big moves in currency markets. 0n are now above that. these are big moves in currency markets. on monday that said we are leaving the eu, no ifs or buts, at the same time people are saying there's no negotiation going on. those things make people think we're heading for a no—deal brexit, sterling is very sensitive so it did. 0n brexit, sterling is very sensitive so it did. on tuesday night

and zimbabwe was feeling grief. and his move from power hasn't changed very much in the country, george. >> speaking about his native country and the complicated relationship it had with the once-leader again, robert mugabe, who died at the age of 95 years old. >>> back here stateside, we're following another big story. hurricane dorian, it is still churning along the u.s. east coast. look at this image here. earlier in wilmington, north carolina. that storm hugging the north carolina coast, with winds of 90 miles or 150 kilometers per hour. dorian caused flooding in the carolinas and kicked off tornadoes and left hundreds of thousa people without power. >>> another look at the bahamas. look at the devastation behind. so much left behind there. each new day brings clear how bad the destruction is there. hundreds of people are still missing. the death toll has risen to 30. and the country's health minister warns the final number will be, in his words, quote, huge. let's get the latest on where the storm is and how st

some are conflicted, as he was zimbabwe's liberator and he was called a founding father of zimbabwe byn you are not allowed to be there. let's deal with robert mugabe the man to start with. on a personal level. what was he like? well, i knew him when he was at the top of his performance really. that is to say in the early 19805, middle 19805. i was never allowed to interview him afterwards because things got too bad and he didn't wa nt to things got too bad and he didn't want to see people like me. but he was an extraordinarily clever and sharp tongued character. i mean, i used to see him often with groups of people. often, his own advisers. but sometimes, with western, particularly british officials. and he was the quickest, sharpest, cleverest person in the room. and he knew it, and he could humiliate you terribly on camera, for instance. i mean, asking savage questions of you when you are trying to ask questions of him. and he was a champion at making you look stupid. but he was extraordinarily clever and he didn't do anything, i think, that wasn't thought out properly beforehand. w

and the tragic failure of leadership in our neighbouring zimbabwe.africans for daring to challenge western political dominance on the world's affairs. in retaliation for the measures we took to empower the black majority, the united kingdom has mobilised her friends and allies in europe, north america, australia, new zealand, to impose illegal economic sanctions against zimbabwe. but within his own party, discontent was rising. many believed he had overstayed and needed to hand over power. his second wife, grace mugabe, a0 years hisjunior, seemed to be gaining power, and she began accusing then vice president emerson mnangagwa of trying to oust them. mr mugabe finally fired his long—time aide, accusing him of trying to topple him. mr mnangagwa, with the help of the military, mounted a comeback, posting soldiers on the streets and placing mr mugabe under house arrest. tens of thousands of zimbabweans marched, calling on him to step down, and after the threat of impeachment he resigned. in his last years mr mugabe had retreated to the seclusion of his

zimbabwe has been a great way. to release a maze sorriest increase us in our corner to as an african major interviews on the news directors that you're overstating how was. it good we did it is was a good meeting before but you know. that. you kind of treat every way to meet us. so overall quite a positive reactions there what do you make of that you know i'm not surprised by that it just goes back to you know people who support mugabe the die hard core mugabe supporters somehow exonerate him from everything that that happened and the history will they they seem to remove him from from the ill as they say if it wasn't him it was the people around him especially in the latter years off his tenure they said all you know it was all those people around him even when they ousted him when the military and the guy who is now present him in 2017 they said look it's not mugabe we have an issue with it's those who surround him so many people live in since the security that know it didn't do this to us they've also been those

robert mugabe zimbabwe's founding leader some saw him as a little. a tyrant so what legacy does he leave and how was involved from his shadow this is inside story. welcome to the program. robert mugabe was a divisive figure white until he died on friday at the age of 95 he was hailed a hero of zimbabwe's independence from britain but turbulent 37 years as president of the mitra depose him into a $1017.00 african leaders are paying tribute to as an icon of liberation but his critics say he's. left zimbabwe rowan's hoda abdel-hamid takes a look back at mugabe's life. 965 and ian smith his white settlers declare independence from britain an event that defined robert mugabe's life and still holds his country the black majority resisted races through in the cities and out in the countryside where a vicious bush war raged for years. robert mugabe a teacher turned activist emerged from prison as an articulate leader of the independence struggle we started the war in order to give our country and we haven't got our country they did get their country at lanca

and in harare people of zimbabwe. .. he was the first president, so to me he deserves a great honour. sad news. a good father. mugabe was all right. light mike but the truth of his last years in power what it —— light might but the truth of his last years in power was his country was collapsing around him, increasingly frail, he lent on his younger wife, grace who had ambitions of her own, but the rising discontent in the party continued and fuelled the demise. there are reminders of robert mugabe everywhere but on the streets there are no visible signs of mourning. that is because he lived out his last years cut off from political and public life, in an opulent mansion far removed from the struggles of many zimbabweans. many will remember him as a gifted orator and visionary, who liberated zimbabwe, but who turned his back on the high ideals he had originally believed in. studio: robert mugabe, who has died at the age of 95. our world affairs editor john simpson is here. how will historyjudge him? i think it will be pre

in zimbabwe tens of thousands of people are expected to pay their respects later today at the form at the state funeral of former leader robert mugabe coffin arrived friday at the national sports stadium in the capital harare for public viewing the arena can seat up 260000 people a ruled zimbabwe for 37 years after becoming the country's 1st leader following white minority rule he was ousted by his own military in 2017 and died in a singapore hospital last week at the age of 95. on the w.'s africa correspondent privilege mishandled every in the capital and sent us this update. controversy surrounding the final resting place of the former leader of. it has finally been resolved that he will now be buried at the national shrine in harare on sunday is burial arrangements with a center discussion in the past few days where the family insisted that they wanted a private ceremony in his rural home while the government wanted him to be buried at the national heroes eka where most of the founding leaders of independent zimbabwe are buried hundreds of mourners continue to throng their final st

the political situation of crisis that the zimbabwe's government. and. think that. the people are deeply rooted in east or moment that they squandered vision and to them this is definitely a blow a loss of a util someone move contributed to the immensely liberation of this country and dorsal did it in a different league would be soon after independence only to. go as today. ernest we we had an analyst who described robert mugabe this way as the wrong a messenger but the right message what do you think about. that could be true in terms of food the message the message that t e spoke was what the say age which may not be of be trying to lead to do any interaction was the message of the message all full making sure that those who are present need no wrong and where will it i mean dems awful but is also. of days your friend i think you that's what most people would want to point out to that to be added to redistribute to send to lend in this majority back to the manner in which you just what i. wanted was a problem problematic that would be the end of their own mess and

controversy surrounding the final resting place of the former leader of zimbabwe. has finally been resolved he will now be buried at the national shrine in harare on sunday is burial arrangements with a center of discussion in the past a few days where the family insisted that they wanted a private ceremony in his rural home while the government wanted him to be buried at the national heroes eka where most of the founding leaders of independent zimbabwe are buried hundreds of mourners continue to throng there to federal stadium in harada to pay their last respects at this place it is iconic in the sense that this is the place where robert mugabe was sworn in as the 1st black prime minister of independent zimbabwe in 1800 he lives a complex legacy where some view him as a pan african east india liberator we liberated zimbabwe from the shackles of colonialism while others take him as a dictator who presided over the decay of zimbabwe in economy and also bed the human rights record but out mutely he remains one of the founding fathers of independent zimbabwe. people i

me now from zimbabwe's capital harare is 10 diabetes he is the vice president of zimbabwe is opposition party and d.c. and he served as the country's finance minister from 2009 to 2030 thank you very much for joining us here on the devaney to begin with what is this moment of mugabe's possible mean for the country. once really the close of a chapter in korean the. end. of of our final frontier rigid clearly used 3 in the in the making there everybody got it clearly there was a carrying out of our missionaries emotional fulfilled liberation so that the opponent that i think. no one can take away from him but robert mugabe was also the president of it divided can you kindly give this pick to which he i mean the gross abuse of human rights and you want to keep charging for a period of 58 years you created so much contribution so much friction contradictions which. would lead to a fee of $27.00 so you think you think joy will. contribute to everybody that would want to end everything. now from 2009 and till 2013 while part of the opposition you actually worked in a unity government with mug

zimbabwe doesn't deserve it. reporter: the real tragedy, he could never bury the idea of his country enjoying a second freedom. >> zimbabwe's current president, who took over after the overthrowing, pager be to the leader. -- paid respects to the leader. ofon the collective right africa and africans in general, and in particular, the rights of the people of zimbabwe for whom we give this all to help. >> the leader of the official opposition in zimbabwe says he has left zimbabwe divided. >> we acknowledge the contributions he made to the liberation of our country and contribution to the early days when he contributed through education and health, but we also acknowledge that there were also negatives, in terms of the changes people had to go through on account of his commissions in government. he was a human being. he has now departed us. he could not have been more perfect. >> he will be given a state funeral, all of no arrangements have been announced. he's been granted the highest posthumous honor. this is an u

and when zimbabwe celebrated independence mugabe the overwhelming winner of elections was in power. and soon showing where the liberation fighters what he'd do to keep it. in the early eighty's the opposition crushed thousands killed in ethnic massacres atrocities that were barely noticed abroad. but there was also much to admire resul reconciliation education and health for millions of zimbabweans although lately the economy declined and the invasions of white farms in the year 2000 were turning point this time world did notice. people said that this was going to happen it was going to turn into a bloodbath turn into another congress. we're going to have to get out of. it was a coward to destructive process but said he was correcting an old injustice and in many ways still fighting the old colonial power the land is ours we give it to whom we please it's not the business of britain you see to tell us who to give land they do not wear that those who are given the members of my by my party is irrelevant to britain. by now opposition was growing despite murder and many many zimbabwe s

and the tragic failure of leadership in our neighbouring zimbabwe.ricans for daring to challenge western political dominance on the world's affairs. in retaliation for the measures we took to empower the black majority, the united kingdom has mobilised her friends and allies in europe, north america, australia, new zealand, to impose illegal economic sanctions against zimbabwe. but within his own party, discontent was rising. many believed he had overstayed and needed to hand over power. his second wife, grace mugabe, a0 years hisjunior, seemed to be gaining power, and she began accusing then vice president emerson mnangagwa of trying to oust them. mr mugabe finally fired his long—time aide, accusing him of trying to topple him. mr mnangagwa, with the help of the military, mounted a comeback, posting soldiers on the streets and placing mr mugabe under house arrest. tens of thousands of zimbabweans marched, calling on him to step down, and after the threat of impeachment he resigned. in his last years mr mugabe had retreated to the seclusion of his ma

i know you were forced out of zimbabwe. tell us why. in 2001 we w011 zimbabwe. tell us why.e in zimbabwe. tell us why. in 2001 we won a court case in the supreme court saying it was not legal for the zimbabwe broadcasting corporation who employed me to have a monopoly on broadcasting in the country so a group of us got together and decided to start an independent radio station. it was deemed legal but robert mugabe brought in a decree and we were shut down by the decree and the gun barrels of his forces. your thoughts today as you watch a number of african leaders at today's funeral. 0bviously robert mugabe is being held as a great liberator but it is undoubtedly zimbabwe rhodesia as it was was pressed. you cannot be a liberator if you replace one operator whether another. people have been praised by their leaders for decades and decades now in zimbabwe. peter —— people are beaten down. i am zimbabwe. peter —— people are beaten down. iam not zimbabwe. peter —— people are beaten down. i am not surprised nobody is at the funeral. it has been an appalling travesty of justice at

in particular the rights of the people of zimbabwe or for whom he gave you all. the hundreds of people are still missing in the bahamas as officials warn that the number of people killed by hurrican dorrian could be staggering at least 30 people are known to have died but rescue workers are still discovering bodies in the rubble and flood walls has left by the most powerful hearken to ever hit the island the british parliament's upper house has approved a bill that blocks the u.k. from crashing out of the e.u. without a deal it will now become law on monday the decision is another setback for prime minister boris johnson who's struggling to gain support for his bid to call an early election. 2 palestinians have been killed and several others injured during more clashes on gaza's border with israel demonstrators altamont again and israel's tovey a blockade of the gaza strip. process have been taking place in northern syria against continuing russian asteroids on what demonstrators say is the international community silence when 500 people have been killed in italy

can i do to devise president all the zimbabwe's opposition party and d.s.d. thanks for your insight. well in the bahamas the government is warning that the death toll from hurricane a dorian will be staggering at least 30 people are confirmed dead and hundreds possibly thousands are missing well dorian has now made landfall in the united states an international humanitarian effort is underway to help those affected in the bahamas the u.n. estimates that 70000 people are in immediate need of 8. under this rubble lie holmes oh blistery to life cut short the extent of hurricane dorian's havoc is slowly beginning to america and so 2 stories of survivors cleaning up whatever what we are one joke to show well once for rice when she was once going to show. it's. others here are frantically trying to get out the airport departure lounge is overwhelmed. they told us that the baby is the right name people and the elderly people who were supposed to be 1st preference. we have to be here we still have elderly people here right so it's not. it's not they're not living up

hello i'm christine want to welcome to news africa it's good to have you along doc says in zimbabwe's capital how to have been demonstrating to demand the release off a union leader who is believed to have been kidnapped he's i'm a woman a is president often association which represents new t. qualified doctors jewing or all the doing their residences he is one of the organizers off an ongoing strikes of them on higher wages full states doc says no he was last seen on the set of dates. doc says and nurses gathered outside the national hospital and had out a way they sang and chanted slogans denouncing abduction and demanding his release . let's go over to have at it now we're standing by he is the vice president of the hospital docs association welcome to the deadly africa mr engel why do you believe that your colleague has been abducted. well thank you very much assure. has been informing us user is colleagues. from serving provocative messages and in some point you actually see and you can sure to count all of. this is. from the content is a seat in which with the privilege of messa

there's mixed feelings about the former leader in zimbabwe's capital how. the only thing he did wrong was to stay in power for a long time and that's the only thing that wasn't right. move for. the president and he liberated us from the colonialists as well as giving us land. revolutionary. after she committed to speaking nobody. has more now from johannesburg. a few weeks ago as the barbers government issued a statement and say that robert mugabe was in singapore for longer than usual there was a scientist many zimbabweans that something is wrong when his body returns from singapore likely in a couple of days people get an idea of when the funeral is going to be leaders and the readings on a pay party say mcgarvey was the founder of zimbabwe they're going to give him a respectful sendoff and a state funeral order probably happen is when the body gets back to zimbabwe it will lie in state for a couple of days and might even do some tours across the country especially his home village in after that he appeared at the national heroes acre in the capital harar

some are conflicted, as he was in zimbabwe's liberator.agwa called him afounding liberator. emmerson mnangagwa called him a founding figure of zimbabwe. but the oppression is difficult to run away from ngamanu that he had to be ousted from office after taking zimbabwe from a prosperous nation to one full of hunger with an unemployment rate of 80%. now, lets speak to busisa moyo, the ceo of the largest cooking oil manufacturer in zimbabwe. hejoins me via skype from bulawayo in southern zimbabwe. thank you for talking to us. what are your feelings today on at the death of the former president? well, a lot of mixed feelings. you know, it is sweet and sour, a bit of a roller—coaster, in terms of the thoughts and reflections around the late former president. i think there we re late former president. i think there were two parts to him. there was the alert mugabe that we knew, who was loved and who was an eloquent man internationally engaged. —— the error “— internationally engaged. —— the error —— earlier mugabe. and then the later mugabe, a b

and when zimbabwe celebrated independence mugabe the overwhelming winner of elections was in power. and soon showing revival liberation fighters what he'd do to keep it. and in the early eighty's the opposition crushed thousands killed in ethnic massacres atrocities that were barely noticed abroad. but there was also much to admire racial reconciliation education and health for millions of zimbabweans although later the economy declined and the invasions of white farms in the year 2000 were turning point this time the world did notice. people said that this was going to happen it was going to turn into a bloodbath turn into another congress maybe this is it we're going to have to get out. it was a destructive process but they said he was correcting an old injustice and in many ways still fighting the old colonial power. the land is ours we give it to whom we please it's not the business of britain you see to tell us who to give land they do not wear that those who are given the members of my by my party is irrelevant to britain. by now opposition was growing despite murder and many

eat up the news that the good coming out of an expense the minutes no pizza no word dump says in zimbabwe saying they won't return to duty and told me union leader they believe was abducted by the state is released. and extremely why didn't someone think of this years ago and invention that relates to rural kenyans or old they can be contained as what they want them voicing them on to be hateful to wrong oh. hello i'm christine want to welcome to news africa it's good to have you along dot says in zimbabwe's capital harare have been demonstrating to demand the release off a union leader who is believed to have been kidnapped. a is president often association which represents newly qualified doctors cheering or on the doing they residences he is one of the organizers off an ongoing strikes of demand higher wages full states doc says no he was last seen on saturday it's. the doc says and nurses gathered outside the national hospital in how they way they sang and chanted slogans denouncing abduction and demanding his release. just go over to hide out in the way standing by he is the vice pre

zimbabwe you need a 2 way. to reverse a maze surgeries to increase yours you know according to you as an african major and he's on the new staircase that you're on the street you know. it would read to you what is was it would lead to both but you know. that. you can read. every way but to meet us would be. so overall quite positive reactions there what do you make of that you know i'm not surprised by that it just goes back to you know people who support mugabe the die hard core supporters somehow exonerated him from everything that that happened and the history they seem to remove him from from the ills they say if it wasn't him it was the people around him especially in the latter years off his tenure they said all you know it was all those people around him even when they ousted him when the military and the guy who is now present him in 2017 they said look it's not mugabe we have an issue with it's those who surround him so many people live in under this since of security that know it was our liberates it

nation remembers the life and legacy of one of the most controversial african leaders of our time zimbabwe holds a state funeral for robert mugabe. and flash floods hit large parts of spain including popular vacation spots in the southeast thousands were evacuated from their homes some lost their livelihoods and survives. thanks for joining us in tunisia people are getting ready for snap presidential elections taking place on sunday ballot boxes and security personnel are being transported across the country ahead of the vote which was brought forward from november after the death of the last president. 2 dozen candidates are taking part in tomorrow's poll including representatives from the moderate islamist party the big field of candidates is leaving some voters uninspired but the election itself is seen as a victory. these people may not look excited. but they were witnessing something that had never before happened in tunisia. off for that matter in most parts of the arab world. where the candidates in the country's presidential election were taking part in a televised debate. and even

and a nation remembers the life and legacy of one of its most controversial african leaders zimbabwe holds a state funeral for robert mugabe. omarion evanston it's good to have you with us. we begin hong kong where pro-democracy protesters have defied a police ban and taken to the streets once again police reportedly had to break up some protesters with water cannon and tear gas thousands are still marching through a downtown hong kong shopping district some demonstrators carried american flags calling for international support in their pro democracy campaign earlier hundreds of people gathered outside the british consulate to appeal for help from hong kong's former colonial ruler they're calling on the u.k. to put pressure on beijing to offer hold hong kong's otani under the one country 2 systems agreement. correspondent he is building a is in hong kong and he joins us now for the latest so materials we have been seeing some very dramatic scenes of violence water cannon tear gas what is happening now in the city. yet the protesters have occupied the roads around the government build

in zimbabwe has kept. the only thing he did wrong was to stay in power for a long time and that's the only thing that wasn't wrong. move for. the president and he liberated us from the colonialists as well as giving us land for. revolutionary. after she committed to speaking nobody. from johannesburg. a few weeks ago as the barbers government issued a statement and say that robert mugabe was in singapore for longer than usual there was a scientist many zimbabweans that something is wrong when his body returns from singapore likely in a couple of days people get an idea of when the funeral is going to be leaders in the readings on a pay party say mcgarvey was the founder of zimbabwe they're going to give him a respectful sendoff and a state funeral order probably happen is when the body gets back to zimbabwe it will lie in state for a couple of days and might even do some tours across the country especially his home village in after that period at the national heroes acre in the capital harare that's where

but the people of zimbabwe suffered under his rule when mugabe ordered a purge of zimbabwe's slums entire neighborhoods were raised to the ground and up to a 1000000 people made homeless. economically mugabe in ruins and bob with a country that had once been africa's breadbasket. while his people were starving mugabe has celebrated his 91st birthday with a lavish party costing a reported $1000000.00. he once said that only conte could remove him from office but in the end robert mugabe's insatiable will to power proved his undoing. off to firing his followers president amas and to install his wife grace as his 2nd in command the military intervened good money involved. in a defacto coup they placed mcgarvey under house arrest after 37 years in power he was forced to step down. sparking celebrations in the streets of her are a. moment. some especially africa will own and look obvious legacy in the fight against white oppression but many around the world will remember him as the continent's most notorious dictator. let's go straight to zimbabwe now and did of your correspondent privilege mu

and joining us from zimbabwe's capital had out is tendai biti he is the vice president of zimbabwe's opposition party m.d.c. and he served as the country's finance minister from 2009 to 2013 mr beattie thank you for joining us here on d w 1st of all what is the moment of robert mugabe's passing mean for zimbabwe. well it's it might get if it is quite clearly the closure of it off the charts that. it is no question that he was a child of the good but it's stuck and it is no question that he was and i couldn't for that as space or never that's about it it's only because troops but there's also no question that he was already set of contradictions there's no question that cd single did was a sponsible for myself the destruction that we've seen in the 22 years up to 2070 the. muster right genocide of people between 92 to it it is even when put in 2000 people in cute the torch out of some of us i was tortured in 2008 so for the destruction of our economy in the case of contradiction that only can be moved to from wilson's severities to tease right now that that broke in the famous did thi

pick up the headlines right now on al-jazeera the former president of zimbabwe robert mugabe has died the 95 year old was in hospital in singapore as the head of the country for 30 years before being deposed in a military coup and 2007 tane joins us now from johannesburg sahara what's the reaction been as this news is starting to spread. well the signs were there that robert mugabe was seriously ill a few weeks ago the government released a statement to the nation telling people that mugabe has been in hospital for longer than usual and then on thursday some his family members were flown to singapore again a sign that maybe he was reaching the end he leaves behind a complicated legacy for many zimbabweans he's been a part of their lives for decades since even before independence in 1980 those who want to remember the good things he did like educating a lot of zimbabweans who for many years have received an inferior education from white couldn't rule some praise them for taking the land away from a white minority giving it to black people some also say that he also did well in trying t

the very story that he, as a former president of zimbabwe, dies ina as a former president of zimbabwetself tells you the gravity of what's happened in that country. india's space agency has lost all communication with the robotic rover it's the moon. the class was — but craft was scheduled to land early this evening after landing nearly six years ago. it was sent to explore the south pole but earlier this evening the space agency lost contact when it was just 2.1 kilometres above the moon. the mission was the nation's most ambitious, and it is not known if the rover actually landed. india's prime minister urged the scientists involved to keep up the courage and hope. it isjust involved to keep up the courage and hope. it is just past involved to keep up the courage and hope. it isjust past 11:16pm. 0pposition parties at westminster move to block borisjohnson‘s plan for a mid—0ctober general election. the man who delivered independence to zimbabwe but went on to become its dictator, robert mugabe, has died at the age of 95. in the wake of hurricane dorian, officials in the bahamas says