Tanzania elections: President Magufuli votes

President John Magufuli says people must continue to work despite the coronavirus threat

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Tanzania's President John Magufuli has voted at Chamwana poling station in the capital, Dodoma.

The president voted alongside the First Lady Janeth at around 10:00 local time.

After voting the president said: "I would like to congratulate Tanzanians for seeing this important day, I see the preparations have been good, my wife and I have voted. I insist we continue in peace, because there is life beyond the election."

Tanzania's Azam TV shared a video of the president casting his vote:

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