Tanzania's President John Magufuli has died at the age of 61. Magufuli's death was announced on Wednesday (local time) by Vice President Samia Suluhu, who said the President died of heart failure. The Vice President said that Magufuli died at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, the Indian Ocean port that is Tanzania's largest city. Tanzania's President John Magufuli stands in line to cast his vote in the presidential election at Chamwino in Dodoma, Tanzania, 2020. "We had envisaged achieving this status by 2025 but, with strong determination, this has been possible in 2020," Magufuli tweeted at the time.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 18, 2021 01:52 UTC