Former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa at a 2010 meeting in Khartoum, Sudan (CNS/Reuters/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah) Former Tanzanian President Benjamin William Mkapa, a Catholic who led several ...

DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzania's former president Benjamin Mkapa, who worked to end conflict in East Africa during and after his decade in power from 1995, died on Friday while being treated for ...

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President John Pombe Magufuli on Wednesday led Tanzanians and foreign dignitaries in bidding farewell to the late former Head of State Benjamin Mkapa (pictured above) who was laid to rest at his ...

President of Tanzania since 1995, Benjamin Mkapa has worked with the World Bank and IMF to implement broad economic reforms, securing financial aid and debt relief as Tanzania continues to open its ...

Soldiers carry the casket of the late former president Benjamin Mkapa at Uhuru Stadium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, July 26, 2020. (Tanzanian State House/Handout via Xinhua) Tanzanians on Sunday paid ...

Born in 1938 in Masasi south-eastern Tanzania, Mkapa was a staunch supporter of the Tanzania African National Union, which won independence from Britain in 1961 under Mwalimu Julius Nyerere. His star ...