The Observer Issue 14 | Page 11

The Observer - 23 February 2014 - 11 Robert Mugabe @ 90: His Life in Pictures A 1976 portrait of Robert Mugabe, leader of ZANU party (Zimbabwean African National Union) Source: Getty Top: 21 December 1979: Robert Mugabe, Joshua Nkomo, Lord Carrington, Sir Ian Gilmore and Bishop Abel Muzorewa sign the agreement on the independence of Zimbabwe at Lancaster House. Source: Getty Left: Mugabe and his first wife Sally with Canaan Banana and his wife Janet in 1980. Source: AFP Right: December 1987: Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe celebrate after signing a peace accord that brought his rival into his government as vice president Source: Reuters Far Left: July 1993: The Princess of Wales talks to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe as she pays him a courtesy visit in Harare Source: Reuters Left: July 2001: Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gadaffi and Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe greet supporters outside State House in Harare. Source: Reuters Right: September 1999: Cuban President Fidel Castro and Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe stand at attention during an arrival ceremony at the Palace of the Revolution in Havana. Source: Reuters Far Right: December 1998: President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe holds hands with his South African counterpart Nelson Mandela as he arrives to address the 8th Assembly of the World Council of Churches Source: Reuters Far Left: 19 March 2013: Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace attend the Inauguration Mass for Pope Francis at the Vatican. Source: Getty Left: August 2008: Robert Mugabe watches a video presentation during the summit of the Southern African Development Community in Johannesburg Source: Reuters