Africa

The opposition in Tanzania has called for Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan to be sworn in immediately, following the death of President John Magufuli, BBC news reports. It will make her the first female president of the East Africa nation and the second president to come from the country’s semi-autonomous …

30 people have been killed in fighting between government troops and the Codeco militia in the eastern province of Ituri , the army in the Democratic Republic of Congo says. The military said 11 civilians, two soldiers and a policeman were killed. Sixteen militiamen died in an army counter-offensive. Codeco, …

East Africa countries leaders were not indifferent when they learnt the death of their Tanzanian counterpart John Magufuli from heart problem. After Uhuru Kenyatta, Raila Odinga, Yoweri Museveni and Bobi Wine, it is the turn of Paul Kagame, Lazarus Chakwera, and Evariste Ndayishimiye to pay a vibrant tribute to the …

President Yoweri Museveni, a strong advocate of a unified East African states establishment has mourned the second death of a reigning president in the region within less than a year. “I have, with great sadness, learnt of the death of His Excellency John Pombe Magufuli. We join Tanzania in mourning …

Cyril Ramaphosa the South African President has expressed his “deep sadness” following the death of Tanzania’s President John Magufuli. On his Twitter account, President Ramaphosa said he had spoken to Tanzanian Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan “to express condolences in his personal capacity and on behalf of all South Africans”. Read …

Many are the African and world politicians to expressed their condelences to the Tanzanian people after the death of their president john Magufuli. Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga has mourned the death of Tanzania’s President John Magufuli and said “he’s been by my side at my most difficult and painful …

On Wednesday, the Tanzanian Vice-president on the national Television has announced the death of the country’s president John Magufuli. Following this announcement, many african politicans have expressed their sadness. The US State Department has expressed condolences to Tanzanians and added that “we hope that Tanzania can move forward on a …

John Magufuli the Tanzanian president is no longer. The announcement has been done by the country’s Vice-president . In an address on state television on Wednesday, Samia Suluhu Hassan the Vice-president said he died from heart complications at a hospital in Dar es Salaam. “It is with deep regret that …

The High Court in Kenya has dismissed an application to decriminalise female genital mutilation (FGM) for adult women. Judges ruled that the practice violated the right to health, dignity and in some instances the right to life. “[The] court holds that one cannot choose harm on themselves,” the ruling said. …

In order to help Mozambique respond to the Covid-19 pandemic, a group of 39 Cuban intensive care health experts have been received in the country. On Tuesday, the doctors and nurses joined another group of 14 healthcare workers who had arrived in the country in January. Read also: Activist jailed …