{"id":2453,"date":"2017-11-16T08:52:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-16T08:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/?p=2453"},"modified":"2017-11-16T17:12:33","modified_gmt":"2017-11-16T17:12:33","slug":"photonews-zimbabwes-leader-since1980-mugabe-met-the-high-and-mighty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/photonews-zimbabwes-leader-since1980-mugabe-met-the-high-and-mighty\/","title":{"rendered":"PhotoNews: Zimbabwe&#8217;s leader since 1980: Mugabe met the high and mighty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"program--News programBlockHeader\"><\/div>\n<section class=\"article-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"hidden-in-basic article__image main-video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive lazyloaded alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/404861\/400x225_404861.jpg?1510789854\" alt=\"[Photos] Zimbabwe's leader since 1980: Mugabe met the high and mighty\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/div>\n<section class=\"article__body\">\n<header class=\"article__header hidden-in-basic\">\n<div class=\"article__meta\">\n<address class=\"article__author\"><b>NIGERIANEWS\u00a0<\/b>with REUTERS PICTURES<\/address>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article-content__text article-content__left-column\">\n<p>Nov 16, 2017: Born in 1924, a strong opponent to whites-only rule, jailed at one point for his political views. He rose to become leader of the only ruling party of his country\u00a0<span class=\"caps\">ZANU<\/span>-PF, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front.<\/p>\n<div class=\"teads-inread\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"teads-ui-components-credits\">This was a summary of Robert Gabriel Mugabe\u2019s trajectory before leading Zimbabwe to independence in 1980. Mugabe won elections and became Prime Minister. Seven years later he became president.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>During his nearly four decades in charge, the now 93-year-old leader (the world\u2019s oldest) has traveled the world and has met with many world leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Mugabe has been to places and has met people. We present a series of photos chronicling who and who Mugabe has met \u2013 be it outside of Zimbabwe or those that he had hosted back in Harare.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/40\/48\/404861\/1024x576_bonus-Mugabe1.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/40\/48\/404861\/1024x576_bonus-Mugabe2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/40\/48\/404861\/1024x576_bonus-Mugabe3.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/40\/48\/404861\/1024x576_bonus-Mugabe4.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/40\/48\/404861\/1024x576_bonus-Mugabe5.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/40\/48\/404861\/1024x576_bonus-Mugabe6.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/40\/48\/404861\/1024x576_bonus-Mugabe7.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/40\/48\/404861\/1024x576_bonus-Mugabe8.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/40\/48\/404861\/1024x576_bonus-Mugabe9.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/40\/48\/404861\/1024x576_bonus-Mugabe10.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/40\/48\/404861\/1024x576_bonus-Mugabe11.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/40\/48\/404861\/1024x576_bonus-Mugabe12.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/40\/48\/404861\/1024x576_bonus-Mugabe13.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/40\/48\/404861\/1024x576_bonus-Mugabe14.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-content__right-column hidden-in-portable\">\n<div class=\"article-content__related\">\n<div class=\"sub-navigation layout__item\">\n<div class=\"sub-navigation__wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"layout__item\">\n<article class=\"teaser news\" role=\"article\">\n<section class=\"teaser__content media\">\n<div class=\"media__body teaser__body \"><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>AfricaNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NIGERIANEWS\u00a0with REUTERS PICTURES Nov 16, 2017: Born in 1924, a strong opponent to whites-only rule, jailed at one point for his political views. He rose to become leader of the only ruling party of his country\u00a0ZANU-PF, Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front. This was a summary of Robert Gabriel Mugabe\u2019s trajectory before leading Zimbabwe to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PhotoNews: Zimbabwe&#039;s leader since 1980: Mugabe met the high and mighty<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nigerianews.ca\/photonews-zimbabwes-leader-since1980-mugabe-met-the-high-and-mighty\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PhotoNews: Zimbabwe&#039;s leader since 1980: Mugabe met the high and mighty\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NIGERIANEWS\u00a0with REUTERS PICTURES Nov 16, 2017: Born in 1924, a strong opponent to whites-only rule, jailed at one point for his political views. 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