Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe was feted as an African liberation hero and champion of racial reconciliation when he first came to power in a nation divided by nearly a century of white colonial rule.

Zimbabwe’s military action leading to Robert Mugabe’s resignation was legal, a High Court judge rules, in a key decision as the military seeks to show that its moves were not a coup.

Incoming Zimbabwe leader Emmerson Mnangagwa assures former president Robert Mugabe he and his family will be safe in the country when the two men spoke for the first time since Mnangagwa returned home this week, state media says.

Robert Mugabe resigns as Zimbabwe's president a week after the army and his former political allies moved against him, ending four decades of rule by a man who turned from independence hero to archetypal African strongman.

Zimbabwe's ruling party has been criticised for hosting lavish 92nd birthday celebrations for President Robert Mugabe while swathes of the population face food shortages.

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe mocks America's decision to legalise gay marriage by vowing to travel to the White House and proposing to Barack Obama.