East Africa Topics – Page 9 of 15

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LIST: Ten other African Presidents who died while still in office

Below is a list of 10 presidents who died while still in office.

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VP Samia Suluhu Hassan to be sworn in today as Tanzania’s next President

Suhulu will serve the remaining period of the five-year term that began on November 5, 2020 with a possibility of standing for...

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Magufuli Succumbed to Covid-19, says Tanzania opposition leader

Tanzania’s main opposition leader Tundu Lissu has on Thursday revealed that President John Magufuli died of Covid-19, calling his death “poetic justice”...

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Museveni mourns Tanzania’s Magufuli: He was a ‘pragmatic African leader’

“I have, with great sadness, learnt of the death of His Excellency John Pombe Magufuli,” Mr Museveni tweeted Thursday morning.

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Uhuru Declares 7 days of National Mourning to honor Magufuli

Kenya’s President, H.E Uhuru Kenyatta has declared a seven-day period of national mourning in Kenya as a tribute to honour the late...

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Who is Samia Suluhu Hassan? Meet Tanzania’s Next President

Tanzania VP Samia Hassan Suhulu is set to become the first ever female president of the country and the first in the...

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World Leaders Mourn Tanzania’s John Magufuli

John Pombe Magufuli becomes the second East African Head of State to die in office in less than a year, after Burundia...

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Who is John Pombe Magufuli? Profile and History of Tanzania’s fallen President

John Joseph Pombe Magufuli (born 29 October 1959) was a Tanzanian politician and the fifth President of Tanzania, in office since 2015...

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Tanzania’s President John Magufuli Dies at 61 amid Covid-19 Rumours

Tanzanian officials have confirmed that President John Pombe Magufuli has died. Magufuli, 61, was confirmed dead on Wednesday in a televised announcement...