Death of Tanzania President John Magufuli draws mixed reactions

Magufuli has left a nation divided in its memory of him amid uncertainty over what comes next.

Zanzibar, Tanzania – Condolences streamed in from across the world on Thursday after the death of Tanzanian President John Magufuli, as many wonder how the East African country could change in the absence of a leader who was loved, loathed and feared. In a televised address, the country’s Vice President Samia Suluhu said the 61-year-old president had died of a “heart condition” at a hospital in Dar-Es-Salaam, an illness she said he had been battling for the last 10 years. “We have lost our formidable leader” she said. The country will begin a two-week mourning period, as funeral preparations are under way.