Tanzania’s former Foreign minister Bernard Kamilius Membe has died aged 69 at a hospital in Dar es Salaam where he had been rushed in the early hours of Friday.
Sources said he had chest complications, but the cause of death is still unclear.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan praised Membe as a dedicated civil servant and diplomat in her condolence message.
“I have received with sadness the news of the death of Bernard Membe. For more than 40 years, Membe was a brilliant public servant, diplomat, Member of Parliament and minister who served our country professionally,” she said in a tweet.
