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Zimbabwe Foreign Affairs Minister Moyo is Dead

Zimbabwe’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Sibusiso Moyo, has died, with details on the circumstance around his death unclear.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa eulogised Mr Moyo as a “devoted public servant and a true hero”:

Mr Moyo, a major general, was the face of the military takeover which ousted former President Robert Mugabe.

On the night of the coup d’etat, he appeared on television, in uniform, to ask Zimbabweans to remain calm and assure them that only “criminals” were being targeted.

Two cabinet ministers, Ellan Gwaradzimba and Perrance Shiri, have died over the last six months. Mr Shiri died from Covid-19.

President Mnangagwa took to Twitter and said: “It is with a heavy heart that I announce Foreign Minister Dr SB Moyo has died.

“Zimbabwe has lost a devoted public servant and a true hero, and I have lost a friend. He fought his entire life so that Zimbabwe could be free.

“May he rest in peace.”

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