Only two days elapsed between the announcement of late President John Magufuli's death and the swearing in of President Samia Suluhu Hassan quelling fears that Magufuli loyalists would try to prevent her elevation...

Account at the centre Speculation about President John Magufuli's health dominated Tanzania's online spaces in early March...

After announcing the death from a 'heart condition' of President John Magufuli on the evening of 17 March Vice-President Samia Suluhu Hassan returns to the urgent matter of the succession...

The latest spat came when Chilima attacked the President for asking him to deputise for him at the inauguration of President John Magufuli in Tanzania at short notice...

After an election campaign dubbed the least free since multiparty democracy began in 1995 President John Magufuli won his second term of office with the biggest majority since then 84%...

Many noted the bitter irony of President John Magufuli's government arresting all the leaders of Tanzania's opposition parties on clearly absurd terrorism charges (see Feature Bulldozing to victory) at a time when real terrorists have been causing havoc in the country's deep south...

East Africa's leading resource nationalists – President Yoweri Museveni and John Magufuli – have signed one of Africa's biggest oil pipeline deals as they campaign fiercely in national elections...

In Tanzania the biggest opposition parties have been trying to agree on a single candidate against President John Magufuli in elections on 28 October...

Tanzania is set for six weeks of phoney election campaigning before as is widely expected President John Pombe Magufuli secures a second five-year term on 28 October at the general election...