Tanzanian President John Pombe Magufuli is dead.
The announcement was made by Vice President Samia Suluhu on state Broadcaster TBC a few minutes to midnight on Wednesday night.
The president died at Mzena hospital in the capital Dar es-Salaam.
According to the Vice President, Magufuli has battled a heart disease for the last 10 years.
She said Magufuli was taken to hospital on 6th March but latter discharged.
On 14th March, he was taken back to Mzena hospital where he died.
The funeral program is on-going.
Suluhu announced 14 days of national mourning and the flags will fly at half-mast.
Magufuli was born in Chato, in 1959.
He took over from Jakaya Kikwete as Tanzanias president in 2015.
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