Paul Nyathi|News coming through from reliable sources indicate that Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Senegal, Trudy Stevenson, has died.

Ambassador Stevenson was found dead at her official residence in Dakar, just a day after she tweeted condolence messages to the late former UN chief Koffi Anan.

Her official chauffeur reported for work on Friday morning to find her lifeless body. A spokesman for Zimbabwe’s Foreign Affairs Minister confirmed her death, but said a statement would be issued after they had made contact with her next of kin.

Stevenson was born 16 September 1944. She is also a founding member of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) of Zimbabwe and the first white woman to be voted into the MDC National Executive. Stevenson was appointed Zimbabwean Ambassador to Senegal in 2009 at the onset of the Government of National Unity composed of officials from ZANU-PF, MDC-T and the Welshman Ncube-led MDC.