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Tanzania’s former President Ali Hassan Mwinyi has died at the age of 98, President Samia Suluhu announced on Thursday at 5:30 pm.
Mwinyi was the second President Of Tanzania between 1985 and 1985. Mwinyi took over from Tanzania’s founding president Julius Nyerere.
Following the death of the second phase President, the Head of State declared seven days of national mourning in honor of Mwinyi popularly known as ‘Mzee Ruksa’.
Alongside declaring a seven-day national mourning period, President Samia Samia issued an order for Tanzania’s flags to be flown at half-mast.