Report reaching CEOAFRICA news desks states that Tanzanian President, John Pombe Magufuli, is dead.

His death was confirmed in a state address by Tazania’s Vice-President, Samia Suluhu Hassan.

According to her, Magufuli died of a heart condition.

“It is with deep regret that I inform you that today on the 17th of March, 2021 at 6 pm we lost our brave leader, the President of the Republic of Tanzania, John Pombe Magufuli.”