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Tanzania President John Magufuli dies of heart disease

Tanzania's fifth president John Magufuli has died of heart complications. [File, Standard]

Tanzania’s fifth President John Pombe Magufuli has died of heart disease, Vice President Samia Hassan Suluhu announced Wednesday, 17, March 2021.

A  visibly gutted Vice President Hassan announced 14 days of mourning and that burial arrangements were underway. Flags will fly half-mast.

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