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Namibia: ‘Powerful yet so humble’ – Americans gather to say goodbye to Jimmy Carter – News

Namibia: ‘Powerful yet so humble’ – Americans gather to say goodbye to Jimmy Carter – News

Africa Links 24 with BBC
Published on 2025-01-05 08:08:47

Americans have been gathering to remember Jimmy Carter as a nearly week-long state funeral gets under way for the 39th United States president.

Saturday’s procession from Carter’s home in Plains, Georgia, to Atlanta marked the beginning of the six-day public goodbye for the statesman, who died last month, aged 100.

Carter will be flown to Washington DC on Tuesday where he will lie in state at the US Capitol before a service on Thursday that will feature remarks from former US…

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