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President
John Magufuli was sworn in on 5 November (Image credits: Reuters)
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Tanzania's newly elected
President John Magufuli has cancelled Independence Day celebrations, and has
ordered a clean-up campaign instead. "It is so shameful that we are spending huge
amounts of money to celebrate 54 years of independence when our people are
dying of cholera," he was quoted on state television as saying.
Cholera
has killed about 60 people in Tanzania in the last three months.
Tanzania
achieved independence from the UK on 9 December 1961.
