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The family of former Tanzania President Benjamin Mkapa has dispelled claims that he died of Covid-19. Family spokesperson, William Erio said the 81-year-old was diagnosed with Malaria and succumbed to cardiac arrest. "He was feeling better on Thursday and I was with him until 8 pm that day. After…

Former Tanzania President Benjamin Mkapa has died at the age of 81. Mkapa, who governed the nation between 1995 and 2005, passed away on Friday while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Dar es Salaam. His passing was confirmed by President John Magufuli, who said the country’s third president…

US Congressman and civil rights leader John Lewis is dead. Lewis, a democrat who represented Georgia’s 5th congressional district since 1987, was 80 years old. Lewis rose to prominence as one of the leaders of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960, and was one of the organizers of the 1962 March on…

Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of the late former South African President Nelson Mandela, tested positive for Covid-19 prior to her death. Zindzi passed away while undergoing treatment at a hospital in Johannesburg on Monday morning aged 59. On Wednesday, her son Zondwa Mandela told South Africa…

An American woman who had been held hostage for more than a year in Nigeria has been rescued. The retired civil servant from Washington, DC is said to have been lured to Nigerian last year by a man who she met on Facebook, The Guardian reports. Frank Mba, a Nigerian police spokesman said the 34-…

Zindzi Mandela, the daughter of the late former South African President Nelson Mandela is dead. Zindzi passed away while undergoing medication at a hospital in Johannesburg on Monday morning aged 59, according to reports in South Africa. Her demise was confirmed by the South African Department of…

Police in the US are holding a 37-year-old Nigerian national accused of masterminding a $441 million cyber scam. Ramon Olorunwa Abbas was arrested last month after the FBI and Dubai police stormed his apartment in Dubai and seized more than $40 million in cash. Abbas is a social media celebrity…

A Tanzanian small-scale miner became a dollar millionaire after he sold two Tanzanite gemstones for a whopping TSh7.8 billion (US$3.5 million).  The two dark violet-blue gemstones weighing 9.2kg and 5.8kg are said to be the biggest stones ever found in the country, according to Tanzania’s…

Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza died of Covid-19, it has emerged. Diplomatic sources in Bujumbura and Nairobi say the Nkurunziza, 55, died of the virus after officials delayed in making a decision on whether to airlift him to Kenya or Tanzania for treatment. “He had coronavirus but no one would…

Burundi First Lady Denise Nkurunziza has left Aga Khan Hospital in Nairobi following her husband’s death. Mrs. Nkurunziza arrived at the Melchior Ndadaye International Airport in Bujumbura on Tuesday evening aboard a flight belonging to a Kenyan private airline Phoenix, according to SOS Media…