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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...

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

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. ...

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

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

Ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi party supporters celebrate Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, in Dodoma, Tanzania, after the party emerged victoriously in the Wednesday presidential vote. The main opposition leader Tundu Lissu has rejected the result, and cited alleged widespread irregularities in the election, saying that whatever happened wasn't an election and was like "spitting in the face of democracy." (AP Photo)
Tanzania, once envy of the region, watches democracy slide

By Cara Anna Oct. 31, 2020 03:14 AM EDT

In this photo taken Monday, March 30, 2020, traders sit by the vegetables they are selling at a street market in Dodoma, Tanzania. The country's number of confirmed coronavirus cases in May 2020 hasn't changed for three weeks, and the international community is openly worrying that Tanzania's government is hiding the true scale of the pandemic. (AP Photo)
Tanzania says virus defeated through prayer, but fears grow

By Tom Odula May. 22, 2020 03:30 AM EDT