With an unexpected illness .. Samia Salouhi announces the death of the President of Tanzania

Magufuli, re-elected president in October 2020. Archived

The Tanzanian Vice President, Samia Salouhi, announced the death of the Tanzanian President, John Magufuli, yesterday, Wednesday, after rumors of infection with the Corona virus, but that he died of a disease that the rumors spreaders had not expected.

The announcement of the death of the 61-year-old president came through a speech on the country's official television.

Magufuli had not appeared in public since February 27, which caused rumors of him to be infected with Covid-19 disease, but officials denied this on March 12.

Salouhi said yesterday in her televised speech: "Dear Tanzanians, I am sad to announce that today, March 17, 2021, around 6 pm, we lost our brave leader, President John Magufuli, who died of a heart disease in Mazina Hospital in Dar es Salaam, where he was undergoing treatment." .

The country's opposition leader, Zito Kabwe, said he had spoken to Salohi in advance of his condolences.

The country witnessed tension after Magufuli was re-elected at the end of last October with 84.39% of the vote, while the president's party also won the vast majority of the 264 parliamentary seats during the legislative elections that accompanied the presidential poll, according to the results that were described as a farce before. The opposition and diplomats.

Following the announcement of the results, the opposition's calls for demonstrations were restricted, with the arrest of about 150 of its members, including Tendo Liso, Magufuli's main opponent in the presidential elections.

Magufuli said in November that "the principle of freedom and democracy is development, not chaos."

He added, "Freedom, rights and democracy come with responsibilities, and each of them has limits. I hope my words are understandable."

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