A year after being fast-tracked into government as defence minister Stergomena Tax has been promoted again this time as Minister for Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation replacing Liberata Mulamula as part of the third reshuffle this year by President Samia Suluhu Hassan (AC Dispatches 15/9/21 President appoints the country's first woman defence minister in mini-reshuffle)...

This left a poisoned legacy for Samia Suluhu Hassan when she took over the presidency after Magufuli's death was announced in March 2021...

Last month after he met with President Samia Suluhu Hassan in Brussels where he has lived in exile since narrowly surviving an assassination attempt in 2017 (AC Dispatches 7/3/22 Freeing of opposition leader Mbowe reopens political arena)...

A few hours after prosecutors dropped the charges and released Mbowe President Samia Suluhu Hassan met with him signalling her support for moves towards political reconciliation...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan is shoring up her position in an early bid to win the ruling party's nomination in the 2025 elections...

President Samia Suluhu Hassan's attempts to restore some democratic rights without alienating supporters of her predecessor John Magufuli are bearing some fruit (AC Vol 62 No 15 Clearing up after the bulldozer)...