BY PRINCELY ONYENWE,IMO
The breaking news is that the Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has died aged 61, the country’s vice-president has announced.
He died on Wednesday from heart complications at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, Samia Suluhu Hassan said in an address on state television.
Mr Magufuli has not been seen in public for more than two weeks, and rumours have been circulating about his health.
Opposition politicians said earlier this week that he had contracted Covid-19, but this has not been confirmed.
“It is with deep regret that I inform you that today… we lost our brave leader, the president of the Republic of Tanzania, John Pombe Magufuli,” Vice-President Hassan said.
She said there would be 14 days of national mourning and flags would fly at half mast.
Mr Magufuli was declared president on his 56th birthday in October 2015.
Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli has died, aged 61.
The Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan confirmed his death in a statement issued live on TV.
She said that Mr Magufuli died on Wednesday at 6pm from heart complications, at a hospital in Dar es Salaam.
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