Dar es Salaam, March 2 -- TANZANIA: As the world mourns the passing of former President Ali Hassan Mwinyi at the age of 98, former United States (USA) Ambassador to Tanzania, Charles Stith, has remarked that the East African country has lost one of its greatest citizens and leaders.

He added that even the United States has lost a friend who was a guiding light.

 Stith, who was posted to represent his country in Tanzania in 1998, conveyed in a statement released by his office that he came to know President Mwinyi during his time as the US Ambassador to Tanzania, and over the years, one of his greatest blessings was getting to know Mwinyi better.

“In the aftermath of the embassy bombing in 1998, it was because of his gracious ...