Zimbabwe army commander Lieutenant General Edzayi Chimonyo dies in hospital. [Courtesy]Zimbabwe's army commander died early on Thursday after succumbing to cancer, the presidential spokesman said. In November 2017, the army stepped in to oust the late Robert Mugabe and pave way for incumbent President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Lieutenant General Edzayi Chimonyo, who was appointed to the position after the coup, had been battling cancer, George Charamba, the presidential spokesman wrote on Twitter. Chimonyo, like all the current crop of military generals in Zimbabwe, is a former fighter in the country's 1970s war of independence.

Source: Standard Digital July 08, 2021 06:22 UTC