Zimbabwe makes Robert Mugabe's birthday public holiday

The Herald newspaper reported, citing a government gazette in Harare today that February 21 of every year henceforth shall be a public holiday to be known as the Robert Mugabe National Youth Day. 

The move follows intense lobbying by the ruling ZANU-PF party's youth league and came weeks after the country's biggest



airport was renamed after the veteran politician who ruled Zimbabwe for nearly 40 years.

The 93-year-old was replaced by Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was vice president until Mugabe fired him just weeks ago.

The declaration of his birthday as a holiday is the latest of many accolades.