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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