COVID-19 is casting Magufuli in the worst light, in an election year

Daniel Paget, Aikande Clement Kwayu

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Abstract

It began with Elizabeth Ane. President John Pombe Magufuli explained that he had suspected that the number of COVID-19 cases in Tanzania was being artificially inflated. At his direction, test swabs were applied to non-human samples, including goats, sheep, pawpaw fruit, quails and oil. The swabs were tubed and assigned human pseudonyms, including Elizabeth Ane. They were sent, thus disguised, to the national laboratory to be tested for COVID-19.

Original languageEnglish
Specialist publicationThe Conversation
PublisherThe Conversation UK
Publication statusPublished - 13 May 2020

Keywords

  • Democracy
  • Elections
  • Leadership
  • Coronavirus
  • Tanzania
  • Peacebuilding
  • John Pombe Magufuli
  • COVID-19

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