Tanzanian President Is Dead

President John Magufuli of Tanzania has died from heart complications, according to Samia Suluhu Hassan, his deputy.

In a statewide broadcast on Wednesday, Hassan broke the tragic news and said there would be 14 days of national mourning while flags would fly at half mast.

“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,” Hassan said.

He was last seen in public weeks ago, forcing the opposition to demand an update on his whereabouts.

The deceased, aged 61, passed on weeks after there were speculations that he had contracted coronavirus.

Magufuli had described COVID as a ruse and he refused to take measures to protect the citizens.

-Daily Trust