Leader’s death follows two-week absence from public life that prompted rumours he had virus

Tanzania’s president, John Magufuli , one of Africa’s most prominent Covid-19 sceptics, has died after a two-week absence from public life which prompted speculation that he had contracted the disease.

Related: Tanzania’s missing president is in Kenya with Covid, says opposition leader

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