Robert Mugabe, longtime Zimbabwe leader, dies at 95

HARARE, Zimbabwe -- Former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe, an ex-guerrilla chief who took power after independence from white minority rule in 1980 and presided over a country whose early promise was eroded by economic turmoil and allegations of human rights violations, has died in Singapore at the age of 95. Mugabe enjoyed strong support among the population and even the West soon after taking over as Prime Minister and Zimbabwe's first post-colonial leader. But he was reviled in later years a