(CNN) Tanzania's President John Magufuli has died at a hospital in Dar es Salaam, the country's vice president announced in a televised address on Wednesday. "President John Magufuli died of a heart ailment that he has battled for over 10 years," Samia Suluhu Hassan said. She added that the president had been receiving treatment at Mzena hospital since Sunday, and announced 14 days of national mourning. While a date for her swearing in has not yet been announced, she will be Tanzania's first female president. "My immediate thoughts are with Mama Janeth, and the whole family of our deceased President."

Source: CNN March 17, 2021 21:17 UTC