Mugabe Says He Wasn't Invited to Independence Celebrations

Former president Robert Mugabe has claimed that his successor Emmerson Mnangagwa did not invite him to attend the country's 38th independence celebrations. Mugabe was responding to reports that the he had rejected an invitation to Zimbabwe's first Independence Day celebrations without him at the helm.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa lights a torch during a celebration marking the nation's 38th independence anniversary.

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