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Over 500 World Leaders Set To Grace Queen’s Funeral Today

September 19, 2022 5:50 am

No fewer than 500 world leaders, made up of heads of state and government will grace the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II today (Monday).

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the guests and dignitaries have already started to arrive in London for the final rites of the UK monarch, who had earlier passed away last Thursday, September 8 at the age of 96.

The Queen’s death has literally brought the UK to a standstill as the funeral rites have dominated activities in the country and beyond in honour of the Queen, who reigned for 70 years, the longest so …

Angola Conducts State Funeral For Ex-Strongman Dos Santos

August 29, 2022 3:35 am

Angolans and a quite a number of African leaders gathered yesterday for the state funeral of former strongman president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, whose nearly four-decade rule of the oil-rich nation was inundated with allegations of plunder and nepotism.

The ceremony took place in the capital Luanda on a day that would have been dos Santos’s 80th birthday, and comes days after his party, the People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), saw its worst results at the polls in the most hotly contested elections since independence.

Africa Daily News, New York gathered that Dos Santos will be buried …

Albanians Hold Mass Funeral For Earthquake Victims

November 29, 2019 11:32 am

Albanian families buried their loved ones on Friday and the country mourned the 49 people known to have died in this week’s earthquake, as officials grapple with the destruction left in its wake.

Entire families were crushed by their homes when the 6.4 magnitude earthquake — the most deadly and devastating in decades — jolted the Balkan country before dawn on Tuesday.

In the town of Thumane, where numerous buildings collapsed, loved ones wept before the six wooden coffins of the Cara family and three more belonging to the Greku family.

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Gowon collapses at funeral in Delta

May 3, 2019 10:16 am

Gen. Yakubu Gowon, former Nigerian Head of State has slumped during the funeral of late Maj Gen David Akpodiete Ejoor in Ovwor-Olomu Community, Ughelli South Local Government Area of Delta State.