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After 153 days 63 000 testimonies and two deadline extensions Tanzania's Commission of Inquiry into post-election violence presented its findings to President Samia Suluhu Hassan on 23 April – but only the president will read them in full...
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Vol 67 No 8 |
- MALAWI
- TANZANIA
Five months after opposition to the election of Tanzania's Samia Suluhu Hassan with 98% of the vote as President on 29 October escalated into deadly street clashes Malawi's former president Lazarus Chakwera has arrived in Dar es Salaam in a belated effort to mediate...
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Vol 67 No 6 |
- KENYA
- TANZANIA
Rostam Aziz's takeover of Kenya-based Nation Media Group (NMG) is more than a business deal: it hands East Africa's most influential media conglomerate to one of Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan's closest allies...
The bigger threat to the economy would come from foreign investors turning off the tap on the multi-billion dollar mining energy and infrastructure projects in response to concerns about stability and reputational damage from ties to President Samia Suluhu Hassan's government...
In March President Samia Suluhu Hassan signed a cooperation deal in Moscow but very little in financial relief is likely from that quarter...
That President William Ruto and President Samia Suluhu Hassan were among the first to congratulate Museveni on his re-election was unsurprising...
The ministerial reshuffle announced on 8 January powerfully refutes claims by defenders of President Samia Suluhu Hassan that her authoritarian policies ahead of the 29 October election were a ruse to shore-up support from hardliners within the ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi...
HOW PRESIDENT HASSAN REHABILITATED MAKONDA THE ENFORCER Disregarding international sanctions and multiple well-documented petitions from rights organisations President Samia Suluhu Hassan has rehabilitated Paul Makonda who as a reputation as among the most ruthless repressors of dissent...
But popular anger over poor services continues and the crisis is made worse by an escalating sense of political risk among investors following the use of deadly violence to repress protests after the 29 October elections and questions about the legitimacy of President Samia Suluhu Hassan's rule...
We hear the PPP arrangement involving Mofat is led by Rostam Aziz Tanzania's richest businessman and President Samia Suluhu Hassan's son Abdul Ameir...
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President Samia Suluhu Hassan's government has signed a deal worth US$540 000 per year with the Washington-based Ervin Graves Strategy Group as it seeks to boost its relations with the United States and convince investors that it can manage the political risks after the brutal repression of protestors after the election of 29 October...
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Three journalists were among the hundreds of Tanzanians killed during protests following the elections awarded to President Samia Suluhu Hassan with 98% of the vote after the main opposition candidates were banned from standing...
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Keeping the economy afloat in the face of international moves to suspend funding and investments is the biggest challenge facing President Samia Suluhu Hassan as she attempts to reassert her legitimacy following state violence that killed several hundred civilians immediately after last year's rigged elections...