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Maryam Kara

Malawi announces 21 days of mourning after vice president dies in plane crash

Malawi has declared a state funeral and 21 days of mourning to honour vice president Saulos Chilima and eight others who died in a plane crash.

The 21 days of national mourning were announced on Tuesday by President Lazarus Chakwera, after the wreckage of the plane that had been carrying nine people was discovered with no survivors.

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