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Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai dead at 65

Tsvangirai had undergone 18 months of cancer treatment in neighbouring South Africa

Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai died on Wednesday in South Africa after a long battle with cancer, the vice-president of his Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) party said.

"I can confirm that he died this evening. The family communicated this to me," Elias Mudzuri told Reuters.

A powerful orator from humble beginnings, Tsvangirai was arguably Zimbabwe's most popular politician and came within a whisker of unseating Robert Mugabe only to be outmanoeuvred and ultimately outlived by his long-time nemesis.

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Source: CBC News::

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