Tanzanian President John Magufuli died of heart problems, the vice-president announced on television on Wednesday March 17, after more than two weeks of the unexplained absence of the head of state.
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It is with great regret that I inform you that today, March 17, 2021, at 6:00 p.m., we have lost our courageous leader, the President of Tanzania, John Pombe Magufuli,
" said Samia Suluhu Hassan.