Zimbabwe’s longtime authoritarian leader Robert Mugabe has died at the age of 95. Born in 1924, Mugabe was jailed at the age of 39 by Britain’s colonial rulers in Rhodesia after they banned the party Mugabe co-founded, ZANU — Zimbabwe African National Union. After his release from prison 10 years later, Mugabe rose to become the commander of ZANU’s military wing. Mugabe took power as head of state when Zimbabwe overthrew white-minority rule and won its independence in 1980. For the next 37 years, Mugabe ruled Zimbabwe, often deploying violence and torture to retain power until he was ousted in a coup in late 2017. Earnest Mudzengi, a political analyst in Harare, told Al Jazeera, “Young Zimbabweans will remember him as a tyrant who squandered their futures and destroyed their countries. Many older Zimbabweans will look back in history and will remember him as a revolutionary fighter.” We’ll have more on Robert Mugabe’s life and legacy later in the broadcast.