The Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Wednesday died in South Africa after a long battle with cancer.
The vice president of his Movement for Democratic Change party, Elias Mudzuri told Reuters that “I can confirm that he died this evening. The family communicated this to me,”
Morgan Tsvangirai is considered a powerful orator and Zimbabwe’s most popular politician.
He nearly defeated former president Robert Mugabe in an election held nearly a decade ago.
He served as prime minister between 2009 and 2013 under Robert Mugabe.
Source: Africafeeds.com
