14 days of mourning for President Magufuli begin in Tanzania

Tanzania has begun 14 days of national mourning for President John Magufuli, after his death was announced by vice president Samia Suluhu Hassan on Wednesday evening.

Opposition leader Tundu Lissu, who competed against John Magufuli in last year’s presidential election, tells Focus on Africa, “my first reaction was one of huge relief”, but called President Magufuli’s death “very sad”.

Plus, Pumza Fihlani reports from Nogoma in South Africa, where Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has been laid to rest.

(Photo: John Magufuli speaks during the launch of his CCM party’s election campaign in Dodoma, August 2020; Credit: ERICKY BONIPHACE/AFP via Getty Images)