Tanzania’s President leads mourners paying their last respects to John Magufuli

Dar es Salaam, March 20 (06:23 PM PKT) (AFP/APP): Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Saturday led mourners in paying their last respects to her predecessor John Magufuli, who died suddenly this week after an illness shrouded in mystery. Mourners lined the streets of Dar es Salaam to bid farewell to the late president, weeping and throwing flower petals as the casket was transferred by motorcade from a church to Uhuru Stadium where it lies in state. Hassan, who was sworn in Friday to become the country’s first female president, led a government procession filing past the coffin, which was draped in the Tanzanian … Continue reading Tanzania’s President leads mourners paying their last respects to John Magufuli