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Gambians bid farewell to vice president Alieu Joof

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A memorial service was held for Gambia’s Vice-President Alieu Badara Joof at the country’s parliament on Monday. Badara Alieu Joof, 66, died last week during a travel to India to receive treatment from an undisclosed illness. Joof became President Barrow’s deputy following the December 2021 presidential victory for a second term. President Barrow was among thousands of mourners who attended… Read More
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Public funeral for late British Queen Elizabeth II ends

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– – Queen Elizabeth’s coffin was lowered into the royal vault in St George’s Chapel, in the grounds of Windsor Castle on Monday. That brought to an end the committal service concluding the public funeral events for the late monarch. World dignitaries gathered together earlier in the day at the Westminster Abbey – the building in which the Queen was… Read More
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Kenya holds state funeral for ex-president Kibaki

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– – Kenya is holding a state funeral service on Friday for former Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki who died a week ago at the age of 90. The event is being held at the Nyayo National Stadium in the capital Nairobi. Kenyans queued to pay their last respects to the late president for several days. The body of the late president… Read More
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Chad holds state funeral for late president Idriss Déby

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– – A state funeral for Chad’s late President Idriss Déby Itno is taking place on Friday in the capital N’Djamena. He will receive military honours and a prayer will be said at the Grand Mosque of N’Djamena. Mr Déby’s body will be flown to Amdjarass, a small village next to his hometown of Berdoba, near the Sudanese border for… Read More
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Tanzania holds state funeral for former president Magufuli

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– – Tanzania has held a state funeral in the capital, Dodoma, for former President John Pombe Magufuli. The event was attended by several African heads of state including the presidents of Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Comoros, Mozambique, Zambia and Democratic Republic of Congo. The African leaders who attended the funeral paid glowing tribute to John Magufuli considered a strong… Read More
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Tanzanians pay respects to late President John Magufuli

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– – Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Saturday led mourners in paying their last respects to her predecessor John Magufuli, who died suddenly this week after an illness shrouded in mystery. Mourners lined the streets of Dar es Salaam to bid farewell to the late President, some of them weeping and throwing flower petals as the casket, towed on… Read More
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Kenyan MPs fight at a funeral over corruption tag

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– – There was drama at a Kenyan funeral after two Kenyan MPs exchanged blows. The fight broke out after one of the MPs accused the other of being corrupt. “We have several leaders here in the company of our deputy president who have a tainted life. These are fraudsters who should not be allowed to take up any leadership… Read More
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Ghana’s former President Rawlings laid to rest

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– – Ghana’s former president, Jerry John Rawlings has been laid to rest in the capital Accra, following a state funeral held in his honour. Wednesday funeral and burial events were well attended by many African and world leaders, many of whom were his friends. Thousands over two days paid their last respect by filing past him when he was… Read More
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Ghanaians honour ex-president Rawlings ahead of state funeral

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– – Ghanaians on Monday started paying their last respect to the late former president, Jerry John Rawlings who died in November last year. They have been filing past his body which will lay in state on Monday and Tuesday ahead of state funeral and burial on Wednesday. The open casket showing his body is surrounded by flowers, candles and… Read More
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Ghana: Chiefs angry over funeral plans for ex-president Rawlings

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– – Some traditional rulers in Ghana are outraged over the burial arrangements for ex-Ghanaian President Jerry Rawlings. It follows the announcement by the funeral planning committee that the funeral of Jerry Rawlings will be held on December 23 at the Independence Square in Accra. In a statement the planning committee said the decision was taken by the family and the government… Read More