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Tanzania’s new president calls for unity after Magufuli’s death

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– – Tanzania has received a lot of global attention for months now due to its approach towards fighting the coronavirus pandemic, but the death of its former president, John Magufuli climaxed that. John Magufuli was not willing to embrace science to fight the pandemic and attracted a lot of criticisms from his critics. Now the country’s new President, Samia… Read More
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Africans mourn death of Tanzania’s President John Magufuli

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– – Tributes have been pouring in for Tanzania’s President John Magufuli who died of heart attack at the age of 61. The country’s Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan made the announcement in an address on state television on Wednesday evening. She said President Magufuli died hours earlier on Wednesday from heart complications at a hospital in Dar es Salaam. BREAKING:… Read More
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Meet Tanzania’s first female President Samia Hassan Suluhu

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Tanzania now has its first female President with the ascension of Samia Hassan Suluhu to the high office. Until Wednesday night, she was the vice president of the country that has been led for the past five years by John Magufuli. Following the death of President Magufuli, which was announced by Suluhu, she now becomes the country’s first female president… Read More
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Tanzania’s President John Magufuli is dead

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– – The President of Tanzania, John Magufuli has died, according to the government ending days of speculations about his whereabouts. The country’s vice president, Samia Suluhu said on live television on Wednesday evening that Magufuli succumbed to heart disease in Dar Es Salaam. BREAKING: Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli is dead. Vice president Samia Suluhu says Magufuli succumbed to… Read More
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Search for Tanzania’s ‘missing’ President continues amid opposition query

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– – On Monday, Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan told Tanzanians not to listen to rumours and urged them to remain united. “It’s quite normal for anybody to be afflicted by illness, to contract flu or a fever… this is the time for Tanzanians to be united through prayer,” she said. But her response is just one of a few from… Read More
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Tanzania police makes arrests over missing president rumour

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But Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa rejected those reports saying “Tanzanians should be at peace. Your president is around, healthy, working hard. To spread rumours that he is sick is just an outcome of hate.” – – The prime minister added that the president has been busy at work indoors reviewing files. “I have decided to say this to give hope to Tanzanians… Read More
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Ugandan politician Bobi Wine arrested for protesting

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– – Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has been arrested in the capital, Kampala. The former presidential candidate was leading a team of MPs from his party, the National Unity Platform, in a protest on Monday. Bobi Wine and his fellow politicians were protesting the arrests and disappearances of their supporters in the lead up… Read More
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Tanzanians have no idea if their President is alive or dead

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– – Tanzanians have been kept in the dark for weeks now about the whereabouts of their president, John Magufuli. The last time they saw their leader in public was in February. For weeks they have to contend with media reports of President Magufuli taken ill. First there were reports of the Tanzanian leader seriously ill and haven been flown… Read More
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Tanzania’s PM says president is in his office working hard

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– – Tanzania’s Prime Minister, Kassim Majaliwa has said that the country’s President John Magufuli is in the country and working hard in his office. He was reacting to media reports of Mr. Magufuli contracting Covid-19 and receiving medical treatment abroad. President Magufuli hasn’t been seen in public for weeks, an unusual posturing of the Tanzanian leader who is very… Read More
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Tanzania’s President Magufuli in India for Covid-19 treatment

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– – Tanzania’s President John Magufuli is reportedly in India for further treatment for Covid-19, the country’s main opposition leader has said. John Magufuli this week was said to be on admission at a Kenyan hospital undergoing medical treatment for Covid-19. Opposition leader Tundu Lissu who said Magufuli had coronavirus and a cardiac arrest has also revealed that the Tanzanian… Read More