Thoughts on Merkel's enduring popularity and her party's disastrous performance, Magufuli, a Covid skeptics death by The Foreigner's Journal published on 2021-03-21T17:06:32Z This week, the Tanzanian president Dr. Magufuli Pombe, a major Covid-19 skeptic died. As someone who grew up in Kenya, I feel a special connection to Tanzania. My reflections of a man celebrated by many and despised by not so few. Also included are my thoughts on the disastrous performance of Angela Merkel’s CDU party in the elections in Baden-württemberg and Rheinland Pfalz and Merkel's enduring popularity in Germany. Genre Personal Journal