Tag: COVID-19 in Tanzania

Tanzania’s new President changes Magufuli’s policy on COVID-19, Media

Aoko Benjamin

  New president of Tanzania appears to be taking a detour from the belief and action of her predecessor, John Magufuli on COVID-19 as she took a new, scientific approach to combat the pandemic. President Samia Suluhu Hassan (pictured) said Tuesday she will form a technical committee to advise her about the scope of Covid-19 infections in the country and how to respond to the pandemic. Covid-19 is ‘not something we should be quiet about or refuse flatly or accept without doing a scientific examination,’ Hassan said in Swahili. ‘We…

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COVID-19: Tanzania sinks into confusion as President missing for 3 weeks

Aoko Benjamin

  Where is Tanzania’s President John Magufuli? Tuesday marks 17 days since the 61-year-old has been seen in public, and despite a clamour of rumours of ill-health, the Tanzanian authorities have yet to provide clear answers as to his whereabouts. The mere question is now leading to arrests, as the government seeks to contain the rumours. And analysts say the silence is telling. ‘I think whatever happens … it is clearly true the regime is trying to buy time,’ said Nic Cheeseman, professor of democracy at the University of Birmingham.…

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Tanzania bans Kenya Airways from flying into country as bickering worsens

Aoko Benjamin

Tanzania has slammed a ban on Kenya Airways from flying into the country as bickering between the two East African countries worsened. The Exclusion comes after Nairobi announced passengers from Tanzania would not be allowed to enter Kenya. The Tanzanian Civil Aviation Authority (TCAA), which declared that Kenya Airways flights were being banned “on a reciprocal basis,” maintained that this came after the Kenyan government decided against including Tanzania in a list of countries whose passengers would be allowed to enter Kenya when commercial flights resumed on Saturday following the…

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