Former Tanzanian President Ali Hassan Mwinyi dies at the age of 92. Chosen by independence hero Julius Nyerere to succeed him.
He inherited a country in the grip of an economic crisis. He removed restrictions on private enterprise and eased bottlenecks on imports, earning him the nickname "Mzee Rukhsa", a Swahili phrase that could translate as "Mr. Permission” Born on May 8, 1925 in the former British colony known as Tanganyika, he moved to Zanzibar to study Islam.