Zimbabwe: Three top government officials who died of Covid-19 are laid to rest
The country has recorded a surge in coronavirus cases since the festive season.
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鈥檚 longest-serving leader Jerry John Rawlings state funeral took place today in the country鈥檚 capital, Accra. He died in November at the age of 73 of an undisclosed illness.
And a scientist in South Africa calls for fairer global vaccine distribution
(Image: Funerals taking place at the cemetery in Harare, Credit: Getty Images)
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