WHO Africa director-elect dies while receiving treatment in India

Tributes have poured in for Faustine Ndugulile (Alamy/PA)

The World Health Organisation’s (WHO) regional director-elect for Africa has died while receiving medical treatment in India, Tanzania’s parliament speaker said.

Plans to repatriate the body of Dr Faustine Ndugulile, 55, are under way, Speaker Tulia Ackson said, adding that funeral plans would be announced later.