Tanzania

More than 1,000 people fleeing an attack on Palma were not allowed to cross into Tanzania to seek asylum, the UN says.

Samia Suluhu Hassan signals a shift in approach from the COVID scepticism of her late predecessor, John Magufuli.

All eyes on Samia Suluhu Hassan, successor of late President John Magufuli who long downplayed severity of COVID-19.

Thousands of grieving citizens were trying to push their way into a stadium to pay tribute to the late president.

The late president has left behind a nation divided in memory of a leader who was simultaneously revered and loathed.

Presidents of South Africa, DRC, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Botswana, Mozambique and Malawi among those attending service.

Officials, including new President Samia Suluhu Hassan, and supporters attend service at Uhuru Stadium in Dar es Salaam.

Tanzania’s soft-spoken vice president sworn in as the country’s first female president after the death of John Magufuli.

Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan sworn in as president on Friday, after the sudden death of John Magufuli.

Magufuli has left a nation divided in its memory of him amid uncertainty over what comes next.

Vice President Hassan announces death of president after weeks of uncertainty over his health and whereabouts.

Opposition party says it knows ‘for sure the president is ill’, even as government calls on citizens to ignore rumours.

Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa says President John Magufuli is ‘around, healthy, working hard’ amid COVID allegations.

Opposition leader Tundu Lissu says president in a serious condition, transferred from a hospital in Kenya to India.