Tanzania’s CCM Party declares 21 days of mourning, special committee to meet on Saturday — Tanzania’s President elect John Pombe Magufuli addresses members of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi Party (CCM) at the party’s sub-head office on Lumumba road in Dar es Salaam, October 30, 2015. REUTERS/Emmanuel Herman

Tanzania’s ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) has declared 21 days of mourning following the death of former president, John Magufuli.

In addition, the party has suspended all party activities and said that all CCM flags will be flown at half-mast.

CCM’s Ideology and Publicity Secretary Mr. Humphrey Polepole added that the National Executive Committee (NEC) members will sit for a special session on Saturday March 20, 2021 at 8:00 pm to discuss the untimely death of the president and former party chairman.

Magufuli served as chair of Chama Cha Mapinduzi since 2016, after being elected president in 2015.