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The body of Zimbabwe's ex-president Robert Mugabe was flown out of Singapore Wednesday following his death last week, his nephew said, heading home for burial in a country bitterly divided by the hero-turned-despot's legacy.  Mugabe, a guerrilla leader who swept to power after Zimbabwe's independence from Britain and went on to rule for 37 years until he was ousted in 2017, died on Friday, aged 95.  His health deteriorated after he was toppled by the military and former loyalists in November 2017, ending an increasingly iron-fisted rule that sent the economy into ruin.  He died after receiving treatment at a Singapore hospital for several months, and a delegation including Vice President Kembo Mohadi travelled to the affluent city-state on a chartered flight to bring him home.  Early Wednesday a hearse transporting Mugabe's body left a Singapore funeral parlour bound for an airport and accompanied by a police escort, driving past a group of waiting journalists. ...

Singer MzVee and record label Lynx Entertainment have ended their eight-year relationship. After MzVee went off the grid and took a sabbatical from active music, there were rumours that her relationship with members at the label has gone sour. Others claimed the singer had gotten pregnant, went on a break to focus on herself and giving birth. However, in a press release signed by the ‘Daavi’ hitmaker, she only went on the “much-deserved break” to re-energise, get in touch with herself and redesign her artistic expression. “These eight years with Lynx Entertainment have been absolutely delightful and a blessing and I am glad we still hold our relationship,” she had written. She added that Lynx Entertainment will always be a strong pillar in her career hence although both parties have decided to part ways, they will amicably continue support for each other. Lynx Entertainment also in a press release said they were proud to have watched MzVee grow into the woman she is now and wishes h...

Following recent reports about Sarkodie and Okyeame Kwame's absence on Obrafuor's “Pae Mu Ka” documentary, the legendary rapper has hinted that he is not disappointed or worried about any artiste who has failed to make an appearance on his documentary. Speaking in an interview, Obrafour said he cannot force artistes who have intentionally decided not to support him. He also explained, the documentary has been scheduled for 2-3 months, a period which he believes is favorable enough anyone who want to a be part of it. "I am not disappointed. I am a type of person that isn't discourage easily, I was born alone, but one thing that we all have to understand about life is that, the reasons why God created us is out of love so we should love one another", he said . He added that "all I want to say is that in-case you don’t see anyone in the video don’t feel or think like we didn’t call that person we called everyone but maybe they had a time constraint but in lif...

Musician Bisa Kdei has said it will be difficult for any musician to break the record he has set in the hiplife/highlife space.  Bisa, who is considered by many people as contemporary highlife king due to his multiple award-winning feat made the point while granting an interview to a Canadian reporter over the weekend.  The young highlife musician who has a series of hit songs to his credit and repertoire said, “even after my death, no highlife artiste would be able to undo my lifetime record of taking highlife music and its culture abroad.” Immensely worshipped in Ivory Coast and other francophone countries Bisa Kdei is the first youngest Ghanaian highlife artiste to break the difficult international market with Ghanaian cultural highlife genre of music.  Bisa Kdei has hits songs such as ‘Mansa’, ‘Brother Brother’, ‘Baba’, ‘Odo Carpenter’, ‘Apai’ amongst others to his credit.  Even though Kdei has acknowledged the presence of some young highlife artiste in Ghan...