Condolences poured in from across the world over the death of Japan’s former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, with the leaders of African nations expressing sorrow over the tragic shooting Friday during Abe’s speech in the city of Nara. Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, prime minister of Mauritius, said he was deeply shocked and dismayed by the news. “It is utterly shocking and somewhat unbelievable to learn of the death of my friend, and one of Kenya’s foremost development ally, former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in a savage shooting incident,” Kenyatta said in a statement. Abe most recently visited Kenya in 2016 during the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), which will be hosted this year by Tunisia. The former prime minister was rushed to the hospital but medical staff were unable to revive him.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 08, 2022 12:12 UTC