Zambia's President Edgar Lungu leads students in mourning ‘good luck’ fish

“Mafishi was part of the #CBU community for a long time…. I'm glad you received a befitting send-off. We'll all miss you,” the president wrote on Facebook

Zambia President Edgar Lungu on September 8 joined students of one of the country’s leading university in mourning the death of a 'good luck' fish. Students from the Copperbelt University lit candles and marched mourning the fish which lived in a pond within the institution.

“Mafishi was part of the #CBU community for a long time…. I'm glad you received a befitting send-off. We'll all miss you,” the president wrote on Facebook while quoting Mahatma Gandhi, "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated."