Portugal
The state funeral of Portugal’s former President Mario Soares is due to be held later today (Tuesday Jan.10). Soares died on Saturday aged 92.
Soares was the founder of Portugal’s Socialist party and led his country’s democratic transition after the 1974 revolution, spearheading its entry into the European Union in 1986.
His coffin was earlier taken by hearse in procession from his house, to Jeronimos Monastery in Lisbon where it rested overnight.
Leading political figures from Portugal and Europe are expected to attend the burial.
Go to video
Former Botswana president Festus Mogae dies at 86
00:47
19 Kenyans killed fighting in Russia-Ukraine war, 32 missing
02:29
Senegalese children's quiet mourning when migrant parents disappear
01:04
Cameroon former National Assembly president Cavaye Yéguié Djibril dies at 86
01:00
Two Sudanese women die in migrant boat crossing from northern France
01:33
Remains of ex-Zambian president Lungu to be kept at 'mutually agreed mortuary'