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Spotlight | Tanzania
Allies manoeuvre to shore up moribund regime of the late John Magufuli

Former Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete and Tanzania's Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan. © REUTERS/Evrard Ngendakumana/File Photo

The inner circle of the late Tanzanian leader had maintained a strict news blackout on his state of health to delay for as long as possible the elevation of the vice president to the top job. [...]

Published on 19/03/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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