Several African presidents are heading to Zambia to attend the inauguration of the President-Elect Hakainde Hichilema. Tanzania’s Samia Suluhu left Dar es Salaam on Tuesday morning; Mhe. Rais Samia Suluhu Hassan akiagana na viongozi mbalimbali katika Uwanja wa Ndege wa Kimataifa wa Julius Nyerere (JNIA) Jijini Dar es Salaam leo …
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After 14 days of treatments in hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzanian Defence Minister Elias Kwandikwa died on Monday night. The MP’s secretary, Julius Lugobi, confirmed his death. Kwandikwa, 55, has become the first high-ranking official in Tanzania to die since President Samia Suluhu Hassan assumed power in March following …
Read More »Events or festivities banned as Tanzanians mourn late John magufuli
The governor of the Tanzanian city of Dar Es Salaam announced that residents are prohibited from organizing events or festivities while the nation mourns the late President John Magufuli. “President Samia Suluhu has declared 21 days of mourning and I will issue this order to you that during those days …
Read More »Burial date set for late Tanzanian President Magufuli
Tanzanian late President John Magufuli’s successor has announced that he will be buried next Thursday, 25 March, in his western home village of Chato. John Pombe Magufuli died on Wednesday from heart complications at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, the government said. Tanzanian have reacted with sorrow and disbelief …
Read More »Tanzania mourns its President John magufuli
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 …
Read More »Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad dies after contracting coronavirus
Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, the first vice-president of Tanzania’s semi-autonomous islands of Zanzibar, has died at the age of 77, a few weeks after contracting coronavirus. He had been receiving treatment at Muhimbili National Hospital in Dar es Salaam. Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has offered his condolences in a tweet. …
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