The story of Dr John Pombe Magufuli begins on the shores of Lake Victoria where he strutted his small frame and signed up to his destiny as one of Africa’s most controversial leaders. Emerging ...

Mourners, seen through glass, pay their respects as the body of former president John Magufuli lies in state at Uhuru stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania Saturday, March 20, 2021. (AP Photo) All is set ...

Magufuli had not been seen in public since February 27. Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan confirmed his death in a live broadcast. Hassan said Magufuli died on Wednesday around 6pm from heart ...

NAIROBI, Kenya via Zenger.news — A stampede reportedly killed several people among the tens of thousands who poured into stadiums this week to mourn the death of controversial President John Pombe ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. NAKURU, Kenya (AP) — President John Magufuli ...

Tanzania’s President John Pombe Magufuli, whose death was confirmed on March 17, 2021, leaves a legacy of repression and serious human rights abuses, Human Rights Watch said today. His death provides ...

Tanzanian President John Magufuli played the long political game. STR/AFP via Getty Images John Joseph Pombe Magufuli was a man who deftly played the long political game. He was nevertheless a puzzle ...

NAKURU, Kenya (AP) — President John Magufuli of Tanzania, a prominent COVID-19 skeptic in Africa whose populist rule often cast his East African country in a harsh international spotlight, has died.