Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli has passed away at the age of 61, the government declared on Wednesday.
Announcing his passing in a live television address, Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan stated Magufuli had died of a heart condition.
“Our beloved president passed on at 6 p.m. this evening,” said Suluhu. “All flags will be flown at half-mast for 14 days. It is sad news.
The president has had this illness for the past 10 years.”
She added that the late president died at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s largest city.
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