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African footballers mourn DJ Arafat

Ivory Coast singer DJ Arafat dies in road accident [photo courtesy]

Top African footballers have paid Tributes to DJ Arafat, an Ivorian singer who died aged 33 after a road accident in Abidjan.

Hundreds of fans gathered on Monday, weeping and chanting "Arafat cannot die" outside the hospital in Abidjan's Cocody suburb where the singer died, AFP reporters at the scene said. 

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