A slew of major projects backed by Chinese official finance ran into the sand during the presidency of John Magufuli and President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been trying to put them back on track (Dispatches 9/7/21 Policy twists woo new investors)...

A picture is emerging of Tanzania's new leader being committed to continuity not only in the national security policies of her predecessor John Magufuli but also of effectively restoring the one-party state and suppressing democratic rights pundits are saying (See Box Making 'terrorists' of the opposition)...

Oppositionists and foreign observers alike see the Mbowe case as a public confirmation that President Samia Suluhu Hassan has no intention of easing up on the restrictions in civil and political rights that her predecessor John Magufuli had made a trademark of during his presidency...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan's approach to diplomacy is a world away from that of her predecessor, President John Pombe Magufuli...

Tanzania whose Covid-denying former President the late John Magufuli refused to impose restrictions to control the pandemic says that it bucked the gloomy trend in sub-Saharan Africa recording GDP growth of 4...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan's goodwill visit to Nairobi early this month succeeded in substituting warmth and bonhomie for the mistrust and suspicion that characterised the late John Magufuli's view of Kenya...