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President Kufuor returns home after Mwanawasa's burial
Accra, Sept. 3, Ghanadot/GNA – President John
Agyekum Kufuor returned home on Wednesday after attending
the burial of Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa who died in a
Paris hospital two weeks ago.
The mortal remains of President Mwanawasa were laid to rest
at the Embassy Park in Lusaka amidst outpouring grief and
pain.
He died on August 19 at the Percy Military Hospital in
Paris, where he was admitted after he suffered a stroke on
the eve of the African Union Summit in the Egyptian Red Sea
Resort of Sharm-El-Sheikh in late June.
President Kufuor and 13 other African Heads of State joined
the huge crowd of mourners, who gathered at the forecourt of
the Parliament House to pay their last respects and show
their support for Zambians.
Among them were AU Chairman President Jakaya Kikwete of
Tanzania, South African President Thabo Mbeki, President
Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe, Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki, Dr
Bingu Wa Mutharika, President of Malawi and President Joseph
Kabila, Democratic Republic of Congo.
GNA
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