Obituaries

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has mourned her former Defence Minister Elias Kwandikwa. Kwandikwa, 55, died on Monday night August 2, 2021 at a time when President Suluhu Hassan is…

Dismas Mukeshabatware, a household name in Rwanda has succumbed to illness aged 71, family has reported. Mukeshabatware was famous in radio publicity and drama with his unique voice and know-how…

Former President of Zambia Kenneth Kaunda, who ruled Zambia from 1964 to 1991, has died at military hospital in Lusaka, following pneumonia complications. “I am sad to inform [members] we…

President Idriss Deby of Chad has died of injuries suffered on the frontline in the Northern part of his country, where he had gone to visit soldiers battling rebels, aarmy…

The many fans of rap artist and actor, Earl Simmons, better known by his stage name DMX, are mourning the star’s early death from a reported heart attack. He was…

  Prince Philip, the husband to Queen Elizabeth II, has died aged 99, Buckingham Palace has said. Buckingham Palace where he has been staying among other royals didn’t reveal the…

Venant Kabandana, a man who came to fame following a popular bakery brand ‘Chez Venant’ from Huye district then Kigali has passed on after battling an illness for a couple…

Veteran musician John Ntawuhanundi, famous for ‘Inyanja’ song has succumbed to heart complications, at Kigali referral hospital. Ntawuhanundi breathed his last this Sunday after being admitted to the hospital for…

Sophany Gicondo, a brother of late Prof. Thomas Kigabo has passed on as the family arranges the burial of the deceased economist. Local media reports that 55-year-old Gicondo was living…

R&B music fans crooner Muneza Christopher has lost her mother. The sad news circulated on social media this evening and it shocked fellow musicians who rushed to send condolence messages.…

Father Ubald Rugirangoga, a Rwandan priest who is known in activities promoting unity and reconciliation and prayer for the sick has passed on this January 8 aged 66 in the…

Hundreds, even thousands wished us ‘Happy New Year’ when we started 2020 and we reciprocated the gesture. Little did we know that, COVID-19, several other events would prevent us from…