Tanzania's former president Benjamin Mkapa dies, presidency says

Tanzania
# 24 July 2020 07:02 (UTC +04:00)

anzania’s former President Benjamin Mkapa, who served between 1995-2005, died in the early hours of Friday, President John Magufuli said in a statement, APA reports quoting Reuters.

Mkapa, the third president of the East African nation and who led several regional peace mediation efforts in office and afterwards, died while receiving treatment at a Dar es Salaam hospital, Magufuli said, without giving more details.

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