Translation of "hafla" into English

Walikuwa wanarudi nyumbani kutokea kwenye hafla wakati uvamizi ulipotokea.

The men were going back home from a party at the time of the invasion.

Katika hafla ya kuapishwa kwake, Marzouki alilia wakati alipowataja mashahidi waliouwawa wakati wa mapinduzi ya Tunisia.

During his swearing in ceremony, Marzouki cried when he mentioned the martyrs during Tunisia's revolution.