Following are key milestones in the life of Zimbabwe's former leader Robert...
HARARE - Following are key milestones in the life of Zimbabwe’s former leader Robert Mugabe.
1974 - Released from prison, he escapes to Mozambique were Zimbabwe African National Union guerrilla fighters elect him to lead their struggle against white minority rule. A number of rivals die in suspicious circumstances, rights groups say. 1987 - He becomes president with sweeping executive powers after changes to the constitution and signs a unity pact with Nkomo, who becomes one of his two deputies.1998 - An economic crisis marked by high interest rates and inflation sparks riots.
2001 - The United States puts a financial freeze on Mugabe’s government in response to land seizures, beginning a wave of Western sanctions. Mugabe’s relationship with the West, especially the U.S. and Britain, never recovers.- Zimbabwe is suspended from the British Commonwealth over accusations of human rights abuses and economic mismanagement. Mugabe pulls his country from the grouping the following year.
2010 - Media reports say Mugabe is seriously ill with cancer, speculation that continues in following years.
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