Samia orders inquiry after top CCM official quits ahead of key polls
Daniel Chongolo said a smear campaign had placed him in an untenable position given his high-profile party role.
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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 get to the helm? The constitution of Tanzania provides for power sharing between the mainland and Zan...