Why Robert Mugabe’s 95th Birthday is different

Robert Mugabe

Former Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe’s birthday will be low key after the government hinted there are no plans to organize parties like has been the norm for the nonagenarian.

However, Zimbabweans will simply celebrate The National Youth Day that is always commemorated alongside Mugabe’s birthday.

Before he was overthrown in 2017, Mugabe,95, celebrated week-long birthday extravaganzas and he would receive cakes that weighed as many kilograms as his age along with lavish gifts including cattle and tributes from regime loyalists.

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