After years of censorship, opposition parties have to – all at once – rejoin public debates, reorganise and remotivate demoralised supporters.
July 1976: President Nyerere (right) watches as President Kenneth Kaunda of Zambia greets Chinese Vice-Premier Sun Chien at the handing over ceremony of the Tanzania-Zambia railway.
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Hassan is winning party loyalists, and has launched a diplomatic charm offensive ahead of 2025 polls.
Zanzibar’s anti-riot police officers stand guard over protesters cornered during opposition protests in Stone Town, Zanzibar.
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The emerging partisan politics and the polarisation it creates is a new threat for Tanzania.
Tanzania opposition party leader Freeman Mbowe (centre) after being released from prison in Dar es Salaam in 2020.
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Despite the relative political stability over the years, Tanzania needs a new constitution to address contemporary challenges and strengthen institutions.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan attends the funeral of her predecessor president John Magufuli on March 26, 2021 in Chato, Tanzania.
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Hassan, like Magufuli before her, has taken office without her own political base and will also have to contend with revived factional manoeuvring.
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan inspects a military parade following her swearing-in as the country’s first female president on March 19, 2021 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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