World News for Students of English

24-03-2021 15:00

John Magufuli is the fifth president of Tanzania. He is the president for six years. He dies on March 17, 2021.

Samia Saluhu Hassan is the new president. She is the first woman who becomes the president since 1961. Tanzania is not under the control of Britain since 1961.

Hassan comes from Zanzibar. It is unusual because most politicians come from the mainland. Zanzibar is a part of Tanzania. It has its own government.

Hassan and Magufuli are very different. Magufuli does not want to solve difficult problems. He wants to be popular. He says that the coronavirus is not too dangerous.

Hassan must solve many problems now. The coronavirus has a big impact on business. Hassan must decide if Tanzania will get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Difficult words: mainland (the country or continent without islands), government (people who make the rules of a country), impact (when something happens and it changes something else), vaccine (a medicine that stops you from getting very sick from something).

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