Tanzania: Magufuli died from a heart condition, says VP

Lost leader

President John Magufuli speaks at the national congress of his CCM party in Dodoma, Tanzania in July 2020. (AP Photo, File)

 By The Africa Report

Tanzania's President John Magufuli died on 17 March from heart complications, said the vice-president Samia Suluhu Hassan, speaking on state television.

“It is with deep regret that I inform you that today… we lost our brave leader, the president of the Republic of Tanzania, John Pombe Magufuli,” said Hassan.

The vice-president said that Magufuli had been taken to the Jakaya Kikwete Cardiac Institute on 6 March.