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Tanzania: President Magufuli, the 'Bulldozer' Who Rattled Tanzania, Dead At 61
Nation, 18 March 2021
John Pombe Magufuli, the Tanzanian president who has been missing in public since February 27, and who was criticised by the global community as a Covid-19 denier, died of heart… Read more »
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Tanzania: Tanzania Mourns Mysterious Death of Divisive President John Magufuli
RFI, 18 March 2021
Tanzania has begun a two-week period of mourning, following the official announcement of the death of President John Magufuli after weeks of uncertainty over his health. The dead… Read more »
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Tanzania: President Magufuli Has Died
Citizen, 17 March 2021
Tanzania's President Dr John Pimbe Magufuli has died at the age of 62, the Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan has announced. Read more »
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Tanzania: Vice President Set to Be First Woman Leader of Tanzania
Nairobi News, 18 March 2021
Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli is dead. Magufuli, 62, died from a heart attack, according to a televised announcement by the country's Vice-President Samia Suluhu. Read more »
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Tanzania: Covid-Skeptic President John Magufuli Dies At 61
DW, 17 March 2021
The 61-year-old leader nicknamed "the bulldozer" has died of heart failure, after weeks of speculation he was infected with COVID-19. Many will remember him for his controversial… Read more »
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Tanzania: VP Implies President Is Sick, Says Nothing About Coronavirus Rumors
VOA, 15 March 2021
Tanzanian President John Magufuli has remained out of sight since late February, amid rumors he has COVID-19. Officials have insisted he is well, but the country's vice president… Read more »
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Tanzania: We Have 'Confirmed Beyond Doubt That President Magufuli is Ill' - Opposition Party
ACT-Wazalendo, 16 March 2021
ACT- Wazalendo calls upon the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania to fully explain the mystery surrounding the absence of President John Pombe Magufuli who has… Read more »
Tanzania's President Magufuli Dies
John Pombe Magufuli, the Tanzanian president who has been missing in public since February 27 died of heart complications in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday March 17, 2021. He was 61. Vice-President Samia Suluhu made the announcement on television. President Magufuli's death brings to a close weeks of speculation on his whereabouts and health, write John Kamau and Aggrey Mutambo in Kenya's Daily Nation. According to the Tanzanian constitution, the Vice President takes over the remainder of the term. Magufuli, nicknamed 'The Bulldozer' for pushing through projects when he worked as Minister for Works, had been missing in action since February 27, leading to rumours that he was seriously ill. A known skeptic of Covid-19, Magufuli refused to lock down his country when neighbours did so to reduce infections.
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Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has asked Tanzanians to ignore what he called "online detractors" who want to cause panic about the health of President John Magufuli, who has not ... Read more »
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Kenya's Nation newspaper is reporting that the country's government is uncharacteristically tight-lipped about the reported presence of Tanzanian President John Pombe Maguful Read more »
Tanzanian President John Magufuli outside State House in Dar es Salaam on August 15, 2019, during a state visit by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
