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Daniel Chongolo said a smear campaign had placed him in an untenable position given his high-profile party role.

Tanzanians were astonished to see the establishment candidate lose and the president hand over power.

A little more than a year since former president Magufuli died, Samia is picking apart many of the man’s legacy.

Suluhu has undone most of the excesses that characterised Magufuli.

The sudden death of Tanzania’s populist president John Pombe Magufuli on 17 March 2021 catapulted his then little-known vice-president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, to the helm of political leadership. In one year, President Hassan has reversed her predecessor’s policies, from Covid control to media freedom and foreign relations. Nicodemus Minde has studied political dominance and democratisation in Tanzania. We asked him to assess the president’s first year in office. How did Hassan g...

Hassan is winning party loyalists, and has launched a diplomatic charm offensive ahead of 2025 polls.

Dar’s Samia has put her best foot forward, but wavering on Covid Tuesday May 11 2021 Summary Realising that she is the number one diplomat for her country, she has put her best foot forward, and the effect is wholesome. Still she has to be wary of the legacy she has inherited. There is so much engrained coarseness instilled over the past five years that I do not see how it can be scraped away even with square kilometres of sandpaper covering all government floors and walls. Advertisement The...

The East African Wednesday April 14 2021 Summary Samia Suluhu Hassan is in the driving seat, and this vehicle will move at her speed. The first public statements she’s made have given hope to those who had been groaning under the heavy hand of Magufuli. Almost overnight, after her takeover and after just a few of her statements at JPM’s funeral services, many people have taken to social media to express a new optimism with her arrival. Advertisement The national psychology seems to have cha...

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