Robert Mugabe makes First Public Appearance since Military Takeover

Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe has appeared in public for the first time since the military took over the country.

Mugabe attended the graduation ceremony of the Zimbabwe Open University. He was scheduled to cap the graduands and arrived at the event flanked heavily by military men.

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