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| Nov.20 |
Zimbabwe |
Ian Smith, Rhodesia's last PM, dies at 88  | Rhodesia's last white prime minister, whose attempts to resist black rule dragged the country into isolation and civil war, died at age 88 | |
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| Feb.9 |
South Africa |
South Africa readies Tambo funeral Veteran anti-apartheid leader Adelaide Tambo will be buried beside her husband. She died in Johannesburg on Jan. 31 at age 77
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| Dec.26 |
Nigeria |
Nigeria mourns pipeline victims President Obasanjo is 'shocked and saddened' by the vandalisation of an oil pipeline that led to at least 260 deaths
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| Nov.1 |
South Africa |
Mandela pays tribute to Botha| Former South African President is remembered for refusing to release Mandela from prison for battling white rule | |
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| Oct.31 |
South Africa |
Botha, bastion of white rule, dies| Former President P.W. Botha was the defiant face of white rule at the height of the anti-apartheid struggle | | |
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UN appalled by Beirut devastation
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| Apr.15 |
Egypt |
Clashes follow Copt funeral Clashes broke out between Muslims and Christians in Alexandria after the funeral of a worshipper
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| Apr.10 |
Kenya |
Kenya mourns after plane crash President Kibaki has declared 3 days of mourning after a plane crashed with two assistant Cabinet ministers
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| Dec.13 |
Nigeria |
Parents mourn 50 crash children Parents holding school awards and photographs of their children, who died in a plane crash
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| Oct.24 |
Nigeria |
Nigeria mourns plane crash victims Nigeria began 3 days of mourning for 117 people who died when a passenger jet crashed shortly after take-off
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Pope John Paul II dies at 84
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| Feb.5 |
Togo |
President Eyadema dies| Gnassingbe Eyadema, Africa's longest serving ruler, has died and was replaced by his son, Faure | | |
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| Jan.15 |
South Africa |
Thousands mourn Mandela's son Thousands including South Africa's president have joined Nelson Mandela at the funeral of his son Makgatho
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| Jan.6 |
South Africa |
Mandela's eldest son dies of AIDS Makgatho Mandela, 54, had been critically ill for weeks after being admitted to a Johannesburg hospital
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| Nov.11 |
Egypt |
Arafat's body arrives in Egypt| The body, together with Arafat's widow, Suha Tawil, was flown from a French military air base to Cairo | |
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Arafat died
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| Nov.21 |
CAR |
Republic's independence leader dies David Dacko, 76, ushered into being a nation that became one of Africa's most troubled and coup-prone
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| May.16 |
South Africa |
State funeral for Sisulu Walter Sisulu was the popular but quiet liberation hero
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| May.5 |
South Africa |
Anti-apartheid icon Walter Sisulu dead Walter Sisulu, 90, was and long-time friend of Nelson Mandela
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| Apr.13 |
Ethiopia |
Thousands mourn death of princess Princess Tenagne Worq was the last surviving child of the nation's former emperor Haile Selassie
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| Sep.28 |
Senegal |
Ferry victims mourned Senegal is observing 3 days of mourning for up to 700 people feared killed when a ferry overturned in a storm
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| Dec.8 |
South Africa |
Private funeral for Marike de Klerk Former first lady was buried, 5 days after she was strangled in her apartment
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| Apr.15 |
South Africa |
Memorial for stadium victims President Thabo Mbeki has led the mourning. World boxing champion L. Lewis was present among 5000 other
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| Jan.23 |
Congo |
Kabila buried Joseph Kabila, a 31-year-old major-general who commanded army, is to be sworn in as president
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