Rallies hold great significance in Tanzania and are central to everyday political communication.
- Assistant professor, University of Sussex
The regime once seemed untouchable. Now anything feels possible.
President Samia Hassan is relying on repressive tactics to eliminate her most significant competitors from the 2025 presidential race.
After years of censorship, opposition parties have to – all at once – rejoin public debates, reorganise and remotivate demoralised supporters.
As key opposition members lose seats in their strongholds, it is clear that Tanzania’s ruling party is set to establish a super-majority that will institute a deeper authoritarian agenda.
His COVID-19 response has thrown the negative aspects of his presidency into sharp relief.
Tanzania’s President John Magufuli has brought dramatic change and his intolerance for corruption won him worldwide admiration. But his repressive means to stay in power are being questioned.
Until Acacia was served with $190 billion tax bill, it seemed as though Tanzania’s president wanted a new settlement with the mining companies. Now it looks as though he wants new mining companies.
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