Tanzania's first female leader urges unity after Covid sceptic Magufuli dies

Samia Suluhu Hassan faces task of healing east African country polarised during predecessor's presidency

Tanzania's new president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, has said the country should unite and avoid pointing fingers after the death of John Magufuli, her Covid-19 sceptic predecessor.

Wearing a red hijab, she took her oath of office on the Qur'an in a ceremony at State House in the east African country's commercial capital, Dar es Salaam. She is the first female head of state in the country of 58 million.