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Africa-Press – Malawi. <\/strong><\/span>President Lazarus Chakwera and the First Lady Monica Chakwera will this morning travel to Namibia to attend the funeral of late President of Namibia Hage Geingob.<\/p>\n

Chakwera and the First Lady will depart through Kamuzu International Airport (KIA) in Lilongwe and the two are expected to return to Malawi on Sunday at 17:30hrs, according to the Malawi Ministry of Foreign Affairs.<\/p>\n

According to Namibian media, 18 heads of state will be present at the funeral. They include Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan, German president Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Finnish president Sauli Niinisto\u0308, South Africa\u2019s Cyril Ramaphosa and Thabo Mbheki, Angola\u2019s Joa\u0303o Lourenc\u0327o, Botswana\u2019s Mokgweetsi Masisi, Kenyan president William Ruto, and Ghana\u2019s Nana Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n

Geingob died on 4 February, 2024 in the capital, Windhoek, at the age of 82. Following the death of the president, the country\u2019s Vice President Nangolo Mbumba was sworn in as president of Namibia.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Malawi<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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