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In most recent times, as the West started being hostile to us, we deliberately declared a Look East policy.

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Robert Mugabe
Age: 95 †
Born: 1924
Born: February 21
Died: 2019
Died: September 6
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President Of Zimbabwe
Kutama
Zimbabwe
Robert Gabriel Mugabe
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