Papa Wemba"s body flown home to Congo

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Papa Wemba died after collapsing on state at a music festival in Ivory Coast

The body of Papa Wemba, one of Africa’s best known singers, is being flown back to Democratic Republic of Congo after his death on Sunday in Ivory Coast.

Hundreds of people are outside Kinshasa’s airport waiting for his body to arrive.

An all-night concert has been held in his honour in Abidjan, the city where he collapsed and died on stage.

He is due to be buried on Tuesday after lying in state in a stadium in the DR Congo capital, Kinshasa, on Monday.

Government officials and diplomats will attend a memorial service for Papa Wemba at the airport before the body is taken to a morgue.

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