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On Wednesday evening she had the task of announcing to Tanzanians that President John Magufuli had died and now Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan is due to take his place as the country’s head of state. First elected as Magufuli’s running mate in 2015, she was re-elected last year along with …

Tanzanian president John Pombe Magufuli was declared dead yesterday in a statement issued by his deputy, Samia Suluhu. The announcement ended spreading social media rumours about the whereabouts of the 61-year-old president who had won a resounding second five-year term late last year. A number of African leaders sent their …

John Pombe Magufuli, President of Tanzania has died. The announcement was made by the country’s Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan on state TV. According to her, Magufuli died of heart complications while being treated at Mzena Hospital in the port city of Dar es Salaam. Magufuli’s death followed more than …

Tanzania’s exiled opposition leader, Tundu Lissu, says plans are underway for an official declaration of the status of missing president John Pombe Magufuli. “The countdown to official declaration seems to be well underway. Military parade vehicles in the streets of Dar es Salaam,” he posted in a tweet accompanied by …

Tanzania president John Pombe Magufuli is partially paralyzed and on life support, an exiled opposition leader has alleged in a Twitter post. According to Lissu, his sources in the Tanzania Intelligence and Security Service, TISS, had informed him that the president’s condition was worsening. “VP Samia suggested today that the …

South African businessman Patrice Motsepe has been elected the new President of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). He was elected by popular acclamation on Friday, March 12 in Rabat, Morocco as he was the sole candidate for the top job on the African continent. He replaces Dr Ahmad Ahmad, …

A new mansion under construction to house Ghana’s Vice Presidents has for the past four years, been left uncompleted. The contract for the building which is located on the SwitchBack Road in Accra was awarded and started under the erstwhile John Mahama-led administration. The decision to construct a new residence …

Real Madrid president, Florentino Perez, has tested positive for Covid-19, the Spanish champions said on Tuesday. A statement from Real said Perez, 73, had returned a positive result in the club’s routine tests and was currently asymptomatic. It read: “Real Madrid C. F. would like to inform that our president …

Madagascar’s Ahmad Ahmad has been dramatically restored as Confederation of African Football (Caf) president following a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas). Mr Ahmad was banned by Fifa in November for five years after football’s world governing body found him to have breached several of its ethics …

Uganda’s longtime leader Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected for a sixth term amid allegations of fraud and lack of transparency around the vote count. The country’s election commission said Museveni won 58.64% of the nearly 10 million ballots cast, while opposition leader Bobi Wine received 34.83% of the vote. The …