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Morgan Tsvangirai Reported Dead

By BBC
Zimbabwe Morgan Tsvangirai Reported Dead
FEB 15, 2018 LISTEN

Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has died aged 65, party leaders have confirmed.

Mr Tsvangirai, 65, a former prime minister, had reportedly been suffering from colon cancer.

Mr Tsvangirai’s career was marked by a long political struggle against former President Robert Mugabe.

He has been in and out of hospital since June, receiving treatment in a Johannesburg hospital for cancer. He returned to the hospital early last month.

Reports early in February indicated that Mr Tsvangirai's health had deteriorated rapidly.

He had lost appetite and had difficulty eating or swallowing fluids, sources said. Mr Tsvangirai also reportedly had breathing problems.

Meanwhile, an MDC party source was quoted by Reuters news agency as saying that Mr Tsvangirai “is critically ill and we should brace for the worst".

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