Late President John Pombe Magufuli was accorded a State burial yesterday by military officers, complete with a 21-gun salute. A staunch Catholic to the end, Nyerere was laid to rest in his Butiama village after a State funeral. Read MoreEarlier, there was a requiem mass for the late president at Chato Catholic parish. “Tears rolled down my cheeks when I first received the news of the demise of President Magufuli,” recalled Kikwete, the fourth president of Tanzania. Religious leaders also paid glowing tributes of the late Magufuli.

Source: Standard Digital March 26, 2021 20:01 UTC