Southern Africa diplomats pay tribute to liberation icon Mbita

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Tanzania's liberation icon Hashim Mbita dies at 74
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Hashim Mbita, a Tanzanian army general and the icon of the southern Africa liberation struggle, died at the age of 74 on Sunday after a long illness. The East African nation's State House in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam said in a statement that Mbita, ...
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SADC ministers pay tribute to late Tanzanian liberation hero
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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) Council on Monday paid tribute to late Tanzanian army general Hashim Mbita who died at the weekend and was credited with leading the process to liberate several African countries. Meeting in Harare ...
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Mbeki conveys condolences on the passing of Tanzanian liberation icon
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Former South African president Thabo Mbeki yesterday conveyed his condolences to the family and countrymen of Tanzanian liberation icon, the late Brigadier General Hashim Mbita, a former executive secretary of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) ...

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Tanzania to hold special tribute for African liberation
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The government in collaboration with the United Nations for Educational, Science and Culture (UNESCO) will commemorate African liberation Week from May 25 – 29 this year. Briefing the press in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday, the Director of Information ...
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>The former military strategist and executive secretary of the Organisation of African Union (OAU) Liberation Committee, Brigadier General (rtd) Hashim Mbita (pictured), has died.

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Tanzanian President Pays Tribute to National Liberation War Martyrs
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Algiers — Tanzania's President Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete on Saturday afternoon paid tribute to the martyrs of the national liberation war, at the Martyrs Memorial in Algiers. Kikwete was accompanied by Deputy Minister for African and Maghreb Affairs ...
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Zimbabwe honour Tanzania Mbita for regional liberation struggle
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DAR ES SALAAM (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwean authorities have handed over a cheque for 100,000 U.S. dollars to Hashim Mbita, Tanzania's retired army general in recognition of his contribution to southern Africa's liberation struggle. Zimbabwean President ...

Hundreds pay tribute to former PM Sokoine
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THIRTY-ONE years after former Prime Minister Edward Moringe Sokoine was killed in a road accident in Morogoro Region, hundreds of people gathered at his Monduli residence to pay homage to the fallen leader. Residents of Monduli and visitors from other ...

Back to Back, Hashim Mbita and Basil Davidson On Liberation Struggle
AllAfrica.com
THE death of Brigadier General Hashim Mbita early this week has robbed us of a true son of the soil. His death coincided with the Union of Tanganyika and Zanzibar celebrations; normally such coincidences signify the importance of the deceased and in this ...
Zuma sends condolences to Tanzania following Mbita's deathThe New Age Online

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