Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's government is set to repatriate the skulls of fallen heroes which were taken to Britain during the colonial era, reports said on Tuesday.
Speaking during the country's Heroes Day commemorations in Harare, Mugabe said Britain had invited Zimbabwe to collect the remains, adding that the repatriation of the skulls would afford the war heroes decent burials, News Day reported.
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