John Magufuli

FILE - In this Monday, March 2, 2015 file photo, Mo Ibrahim, Chairman and Founder of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation, answers a question from a journalist at a press conference where the winner of the 2014 Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership was announced, in Nairobi, Kenya. Ibrahim, in a June 2021 interview with The Associated Press, is sharply criticizing the hoarding of COVID-19 vaccines by wealthy nations, urging the international community to "walk the talk" of equitable distribution as Africa desperately lags behind. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis, File)

Billionaire philanthropist: vaccine hoarding hurts Africa

By Rodney Muhumuza Jun. 09, 2021 07:44 AM EDT

Tanzania experts suggest overhaul of COVID-19 denial policy

By Tom Odula May. 17, 2021 06:43 PM EDT
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A special committee of health experts formed by Tanzania's new president on Monday recommended an overhaul of the country's approach to...

Tanzania's new president on two-day state visit to Kenya

By Tom Odula May. 04, 2021 12:46 PM EDT
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan is on a two-day state visit to Kenya aimed at improving trade relations between the two East...

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 16, 2021, file photo, Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan speaks during a tour of the Tanga region of Tanzania. Tanzania's new president appears to be taking a new, scientific approach to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. President Samia Suluhu Hassan said Tuesday April 6, 2021, she will form a technical committee to advise her about the scope of COVID-19 infections in the country and how to respond to the pandemic. (AP Photo/File)

Tanzania's new president changes policy on COVID-19, media

By Tom Odula Apr. 06, 2021 11:41 AM EDT

Tanzania: 45 people died stampede to see ex-president's body

By Tom Odula Mar. 30, 2021 09:56 AM EDT
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzanian police have said 45 people died in a stampede last week during a public viewing of the body of the country's late President...

Military officers carry the coffin of former President John Magufuli, draped with the national flag, during a funeral service in his home town of Chato, Tanzania, Friday, March 26, 2021. Some thousands have gathered in the northwestern town of Chato for the burial of former Tanzanian President John Magufuli whose denial of COVID-19 brought the country international criticism. (AP Photo)

Tanzania gives hero's burial to president who denied virus

By Tom Odula Mar. 26, 2021 08:59 AM EDT

Members of the military parade with a portrait of former president John Magufuli as his body lies in state at Uhuru stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Saturday, March 20, 2021. Magufuli, a prominent COVID-19 skeptic whose populist rule often cast his country in a harsh international spotlight, died Wednesday aged 61 of heart failure, it was announced by Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who was sworn-in as the country's new president on Friday. (AP Photo)

5 die in stampede to view body of Tanzania's Magufuli

By Tom Odula Mar. 22, 2021 01:19 PM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, March 16, 2021, file photo, Tanzania's then Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan speaks during a tour of the Tanga region of Tanzania. Samia Suluhu Hassan has been sworn in Friday, March 19, 2021, as Tanzania's president, making history as the country's first woman in the position following the death of her predecessor John Magufuli. (AP Photo, File)

Samia Suluhu Hassan becomes Tanzania's first woman president

By Khaled Abubakar And Tom Odula Mar. 19, 2021 04:23 AM EDT

Tanzania's Vice President Samia Suluhu speaks during a tour of the Tanga region of Tanzania Tuesday, March 16, 2021. Vice President Suluhu announced Wednesday, March 17, 2021 that President John Magufuli of Tanzania, a prominent COVID-19 skeptic whose populist rule often cast his country in a harsh international spotlight, has died aged 61 of heart failure. (AP Photo)

Death of Tanzania's Magufuli draws sorrow but ire from some

By Tom Odula Mar. 18, 2021 05:36 AM EDT

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 23, 2015 file photo, President John Magufuli gestures during an election rally in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. President John Magufuli of Tanzania, a prominent COVID-19 skeptic whose populist rule often cast his country in a harsh international spotlight, has died aged 61 of heart failure, it was announced Wednesday, March 17, 2021 by Vice President Samia Suluhu. (AP Photo/Khalfan Said, File)

Tanzania's populist President John Magufuli has died at 61

By Tom Odula And Rodney Muhumuza Mar. 17, 2021 05:05 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 11, 2020 file photo, Tanzania's President John Magufuli speaks at the national congress of his ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party in Dodoma, Tanzania. Opposition politicians on Wednesday March 10 2021, are raising questions about the health of Tanzania's COVID-19-denying president John Magufuli, as he has not been seen in public for more than a week and there has been no responce to questions from The Associated Press about Magufuli’s health and whereabouts. (AP Photo, File)

Vice President urges calm as Tanzania's leader still unseen

By Tom Odula Mar. 15, 2021 06:59 PM EDT

Tanzania cops arrest man for reporting that president is ill

By Tom Odula Mar. 14, 2021 10:48 AM EDT
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzanian police have arrested a man for circulating posts saying that President John Magufuli is in ill health. ...

Tanzanian PM rejects claims COVID-denying leader is unwell

By Tom Odula Mar. 12, 2021 04:08 PM EST
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzania’s President John Magufuli is well, the country’s prime minister said Friday, rejecting opposition claims that the COVID-denying...

FILE - In this July 11, 2020, file photo, party members have their temperature checked and sanitize their hands as a precaution against the coronavirus at the national congress of the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party in Dodoma, Tanzania. Opposition politicians on Wednesday March 10 2021, are raising questions about the health of Tanzania's COVID-19-denying president John Magufuli, as he has not been seen in public for more than a week and there has been no responce to questions from The Associated Press about Magufuli’s health and whereabouts. (AP Photo, File)

Politicians ask about health of Tanzania's populist leader

By Tom Odula Mar. 10, 2021 09:18 AM EST

US urges Tanzania to embrace COVID-19 vaccines, share data

By Cara Anna Feb. 26, 2021 12:05 PM EST
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The United States praised Tanzania on Friday for finally acknowledging the resurgence of COVID-19 after claiming for months it had...

FILE - In this Monday, May 18, 2020 file photo, people use a hand-washing station installed for members of the public entering a market in Dodoma, Tanzania. Tanzania's president John Magufuli is finally acknowledging Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021 that his country has a coronavirus problem after claiming for months that the disease had been defeated by prayer, urging citizens to take precautions and even wear face masks - but only locally made ones. (AP Photo/File)

Tanzania's president admits country has COVID-19 problem

Feb. 21, 2021 10:39 AM EST

Tanzania's COVID-denying leader urges prayer as cases climb

Feb. 19, 2021 07:43 AM EST

FILE - In this June 3, 2020, file photo, children run down a street past an informational mural warning people about the dangers of coronavirus in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya. Africa has surpassed 100,000 confirmed deaths from COVID-19 as the continent praised for its early response to the pandemic now struggles with a dangerous resurgence and medical oxygen often runs desperately short. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

Africa reaches 100,000 known COVID-19 deaths as danger grows

By Cara Anna Feb. 19, 2021 02:43 AM EST

Burundi says it doesn't need COVID-19 vaccines, at least yet

By Eloge Willy Kaneza Feb. 05, 2021 05:16 AM EST
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Burundi has become at least the second African country to say it doesn’t need COVID-19 vaccines, even as doses finally begin to arrive on...

Tanzania says no plans in place to accept COVID-19 vaccines

Feb. 02, 2021 02:16 AM EST
DODOMA, Tanzania (AP) — Tanzania’s health ministry says it has no plans in place to accept COVID-19 vaccines, just days after the president of the country of...