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Tanzania opposition party leader Freeman Mbowe (centre) after being released from prison in Dar es Salaam in 2020. Photo by Ericky Boniphace/AFP via Getty Images

Tanzania’s Hassan faces her first political test: constitutional reform

Despite the relative political stability over the years, Tanzania needs a new constitution to address contemporary challenges and strengthen institutions.
Julius Nyerere (second right), his successor Ali Hassan Mwinyi (right) and Mwinyi’s successor Benjamin Mkapa (left) host South Africa’s Walter Sisulu in January 1990. Reuters/File

Tanzania at 56: echoes of the best and worst of Nyerere under Magufuli

A balance sheet of positives and negatives for Tanzania’s president Magufuli is perhaps the most striking similarity with the legacy of Nyerere as the country marks another independence anniversary.

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