Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe was feted as an African liberation hero and champion of racial reconciliation when he first came to power in a nation divided by nearly a century of white colonial rule.<br /><br />Nearly four decades later, many at home and abroad denounced him as a power-obsessed autocrat willing to unleash death squads, rig elections and trash the economy in the relentless pursuit of control.<br /><br />Mugabe, who died in Singapore aged 95, was ultimately ousted by his own armed forces in November 2017.<br /><br /> (Reuters)
