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John Magufuli, Tanzanian president who downplayed COVID-19, dies at 61
- Mar 18, 2021
Tanzanian President John Magufuli died of heart-related complications March 17 at a hospital in Dar es Salaam. He was 61.
As deaths increase, archbishop says Tanzania must admit COVID-19 exists
- Mar 7, 2021
Archbishop Jude Thaddeus Ruwa’ichi of Dar es Salaam said it was time for the country to accept that COVID-19 exists, noting that denying the truth has led to loss of lives and a lot of people getting sick.
Church in Tanzania urges COVID precautions in face of govt denial
- Mar 6, 2021
In just two months, the Catholic Church in Tanzania has lost 25 priests and 60 nuns to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tanzania’s president admits country has COVID-19 problem
- Feb 22, 2021
Tanzania’s president is finally acknowledging that his country has a coronavirus problem after claiming for months that the disease had been defeated by prayer.
Tanzania’s COVID-denying leader urges prayer as cases climb
- Feb 19, 2021
Tanzania’s COVID-denying president is calling on citizens for three days of prayer to defeat unnamed “respiratory diseases” amid warnings that the country is seeing a deadly resurgence in infections.
Tanzania’s leader denies COVID; now Church pushes back
- Jan 29, 2021
Tanzania’s president says God has eliminated COVID-19 in his country. His own church now begs to differ.
Tanzania mourns Benjamin Mkapa, former president who worked for peace
- Jul 25, 2020
Former Tanzanian President Benjamin William Mkapa, a Catholic who led several regional peace mediation efforts, died July 24. He was 81.
God has ‘removed’ coronavirus, Tanzania’s president claims
- Jun 9, 2020
Tanzania’s president is again claiming the country is free of the coronavirus because of the power of prayer — six weeks after his government stopped publicly updating virus data.
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