DODOMA, TANZANIA - The first vice president of Tanzania's Zanzibar Island, Seif Sharif Hamad, died Wednesday morning, weeks after being hospitalized with COVID-19. The cause of death has not been made public, but on January 31, Hamad was hospitalized in the archipelago after testing positive for COVID-19. On a Twitter post, Tanzania's President John Magufuli sent his condolences to Zanzibar's president and the people of Zanzibar, saying he was saddened by Hamad's passing. Maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, the first vice president of Zanzibar," he tweeted. In December, Hamad was sworn in as the first vice president of Zanzibar as part of a unity government.

Source: Ethiopian News February 17, 2021 18:33 UTC