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Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Minute: On Morgan Tsvangirai

The leader and founder of Zimbabwe's opposition party, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Morgan Tsvangirai has died aged 65. The former prime minister had reportedly been suffering from colon cancer.

His career was marked by a long political struggle against former president Robert Mugabe. Mr Tsvangirai had been beaten and imprisoned numerous times over his lifetime.

Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Minute's Seren Jones is in what was his stronghold, the city of Bulawayo, gauging reaction to his death.

(Photo: Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) leader Morgan Tsvangirai speaks during a press conference on November 16, 2017 in Harare, Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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