Tanzanian President John Magufuli has died aged 61 from a heart condition, his vice president said in an address on state television today, after days of uncertainty over his health and whereabouts.
“It is with deep regret that I inform you that today on the 17th of 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 condition”, which he has suffered for a decade, at a hospital in Dar es Salaam.
He had first been briefly admitted to the Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute on March 6, but was subsequently discharged, Hassan said.
But Magufuli had again felt unwell and was on March 14 rushed to the hospital again.
Confirmation of Magufuli’s death comes after weeks of uncertainty and wild rumors over his absence, as he was last seen in public on February 27.
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