By AFPMore by this AuthorZimbabwe's Robert Mugabe, 93, was until his resignation on Tuesday the oldest serving head of state in the world. He leaves behind around a dozen world leaders who are in power in their eighties and nineties. Two rulers over 90Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, who at 91 has been on the throne for a record 65 years, on Tuesday became the world's oldest leader. Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 80, has been in power since 1999, and was reelected for a fourth term in 2014. Pope Francis, 80, elected the first Jesuit and Latin American pontiff in March 2013, is the Vatican's head of state.

Source: Daily Nation November 22, 2017 03:45 UTC