(Bloomberg) -- Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa declared two days of national mourning in honor of victims of Cyclone Idai, which killed at least 139 people in the southern African nation.
The mourning will be on Saturday and Sunday, Mnangagwa told reporters in Harare on Thursday. Among measures to mitigate the effects of possible future disasters, he announced the creation of a dedicated fund.
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