John Magufuli

A Nation in Tension: Tanzania Post-Election Challenges In the wake of a contentious and turbulent election, Tanzanians find themselves grappling with questions about their nation’s democratic future. The recent election saw President Samia Suluhu Hassan secure what official counts describe as a landslide victory, but the cloud of controversy and allegations of misconduct looms large over her administration. Triumph Amid Turmoil President Hassan, 65, was sworn in for her first elected term at a solemn ceremony in Dodoma,…

Tanzanian police announced on Tuesday that 45 people had died during a storm in Dar es Salaam on March 21 when mourners praised the last president John Magufuli. "There were a lot of people who wanted to enter the arena, and some were not patient. They tried to force themselves in and it resulted in a storm. Forty-five died in the accident," Dar es Salaam regional police chief Lazaro Mambosasa told Agence France-Presse ( AFP). Five of the dead were from the same family, Mambosasa said. A woman and…

Samia Suluhu Hassan has been officially president of Tanzania since Friday, March 19, succeeding John Magufuli, who died of heart disease, according to authorities. She was sworn in at the Presidential Palace in Dar es Salaam. To the total leaders, military leaders and religious dignitaries, including former President Jakaya…

Tanzania will soon have a president. Following the announcement of the death of President John Magufuli at the age of 61, officially due to heart problems, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan must take the reins in the country and secure the transition. John Magufuli, who was elected for the first time in 2015, then re-elected at the end of 2020 in a controversial vote, is known for his policy for larger…

Tanzania's Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan is expected to replace late President John Magufuli on Thursday. She announced Magufuli's death on Wednesday, according to a BBC report. Hassan, 61, was Magufuli's board member in 2015. She was re-elected last year and will serve the country for the rest of the five-year period. With the expected takeover, she will become Africa's only current female president - apart from the Ethiopian presidency, which is a largely ceremonial role - and join a small…

Flag on half mast and two weeks in mourning in Tanzania after the death of Head of State John Magufuli. It is the vice president who announced his death on Wednesday, March 17th. John Magufuli was 61 years old and had ruled Tanzania for five years. He was re-elected for another term in October last year. What consequences could his death have? Some answers with Thierry Vircoulon, Coordinator of…

Officially, Tanzania's President John Maguful has died of heart problems. This was announced by the Vice President on television on Wednesday, March 17, after more than two weeks of unresolved absence from the head of state."Easily re-elected in October last year for another term with 84% of the vote, John Magufuli, 61, appeared for the last time in public on February 27 and points to World Africa, there were persistent…

Tanzania's president dies after mysterious illness Tanzania's President John Magufuli, who long denied that Covid-19 posed a threat to his country, has died after a mysterious two-week illness, the vice president said Wednesday night. Magufuli, 61, disappeared from the public eye on February 27, raising speculation that he had signed Covid-19, although Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa…

Tanzanian President John Magufuli has died at the age of 61 of a heart disease, his vice president said in a speech on state television on Wednesday after days of uncertainty about his health and where he was. "It is with great regret that I inform you that today, 17 March 2021, at 6 pm, we lost our brave leader, the President of the Republic of Tanzania, John Pombe Magufuli," said Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan. She said Magufuli had died of a "heart disease", which he had suffered for a decade,…

In Tanzania, the mystery is getting thicker. It has been 18 days since President John Magufuli appeared in public. Is he hospitalized for Covid-19? And if so, where? The authorities remain silent. The government is even trying to prevent rumors about the president's state of health from spreading by making arrests. John…