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Tanzanian Vice President Samia Suluhu has broken her silence on President Pombe Magufuli’s health status. Suluhu, who spoke during an official visit to the Tanga region on Monday, said Magufuli was undergoing what she termed as routine medical checkups. “Magufuli says we are safe, and that we…

Tanzanian Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa has refuted reports that the country’s President Pombe Magufuli is undergoing COVID-19 treatment abroad. Speaking on Friday, Majaliwa said Magufuli “is in the country and working hard in his office.” "I want to assure Tanzanians that their president is fit…

35 people, including 25 members of the same family died in Mozambique after allegedly eating food prepared from wild fruits and plants. The incident happened in the South African country’s northern district of Muecate in Nampula province, BBC reported citing Mozambican authorities. Authorities said…

Exiled Tanzanian opposition leader Tundu Lissu claims that ailing President John Pombe Magufuli has been flown to India from Nairobi. “The Man Who Declared Victory Over Corona “was transferred to India this afternoon.” Kenyans don’t want the embarrassment “if the worst happens in Kenya.” His COVID…

The Catholic Church in Tanzania has raised a red flag after more than 60 nuns and 25 priests have died of suspected COVID-19 complications. The secretary of the Tanzania Episcopal Conference Father Charles Kitima says the deaths have been recorded in the past two months. The Catholic Church, which…

British human rights lawyer Karim Khan has been elected as the International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor. Khan, who represented Deputy President William Ruto when he faced crimes against humanity charges at the ICC, garnered 72 votes in a secret ballot—10 more than the threshold. He…

Tanzanian President, John Pombe Magufuli has warned the country's health officials against acquiring COVID-19 vaccines. “The ministry of health should be careful, they should not hurry to try these vaccines without doing research, not every vaccine is important to us, we should be careful. We…

(AP) - Larry King, the suspenders-sporting everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary Joes helped define American conversation for a half-century, died Saturday. He was 87. King died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his production company, Ora…

Democrat Joe Biden was sworn in as president of the United States on Wednesday, vowing to end the ‘uncivil war’ in a deeply divided country reeling from a battered economy and a raging coronavirus pandemic that has killed more than 400,000 Americans. With the U.S. Capitol encircled by thousands of…

Uganda’s long-serving President Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected for another five-year term. Museveni was declared the winner of Thursday’s presidential election by the country’s Electoral Commission (EC) on Saturday. The 76-year-old garnered 5,851,037 votes (58.64 percent) ahead of his closest…