Obituaries

Athol Fugard: Death of a great South African playwright

Athol Fugard, who has died aged 92, was widely acclaimed as one of South Africa's greatest playwrights. The son of…

Farouk Chothia Farouk Chothia

Ex-Nigeria President Buhari buried at home

Nigeria's former President Muhammadu Buhari has been buried at his home in northern Nigeria two days after his death at…

Mansur Abubakar Mansur Abubakar

Liberia’s notorious rebel-turned-senator Johnson dies

Prince Yormie Johnson, Liberian warlord-turned-politician, who became infamous for the 1990 footage of him sipping beer while the-then president was…

Moses Kollie Garzeawu Moses Kollie Garzeawu