The rise and fall of Zimbabwe's longtime leader: Robert Mugabe
The rule of Robert Mugabe, a once-respected liberation leader turned feared dictator and international pariah, came to an unflattering end Tuesday when the Zimbabwean president was forced to relinquish his 37-year hold on power in the face of possible impeachment.
The future of the 93-year-old Mugabe, the world's oldest head of state, now hangs in the balance. But his past paints a portrait of the disheartening decline of a man once viewed as one of Africa's most promising statesmen.
Here's a look at the life and legacy of Robert Mugabe:
He was born Robert Gabriel Mugabe in 1924 to a poor family in a town called Kutama in what was
