Zimbabwe: Three top government officials who died of Covid-19 are laid to rest

Zimbabwe's Foreign Minister Sibusiso Moyo, Transport Minister Joel Biggie Matiza and prisons chief Paradzai Willings Zimondi were buried at the Heroes Acre in the capital, Harare.

Ghana’s longest-serving leader Jerry John Rawlings state funeral took place today in the country’s capital, Accra. He died in November at the age of 73 of an undisclosed illness.

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(Image: Funerals taking place at the cemetery in Harare, Credit: Getty Images)