Mugabe’s sister and key political ally dies

Harare
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s younger sister and political ally Sabina Mugabe has died at age 80 after years of failing health, state media reported.

She suffered a stroke in 1995, which damaged part of her brain, the president told mourners at State House, according to the Herald newspaper.

She will be buried tomorrow at a shrine for heroes of Zimbabwe’s independence struggle. (AFP)