President Samia Suluhu Hassan's calm maternal image conceals a streak of ruthless determination to root out all political opposition to ensure her re-election no matter what the human cost say oppositionists and human rights activists in the wake of the shock abduction of a Chama Cha Mapinduzi grandee Humphrey Polepole (Dispatches 13/10/25 Ahead of vote Hassan's government ratchets up repression)...
A group of prominent lawyers led by Peter Kibatala has since filed a habeas corpus petition demanding that the state produce Humphrey Polepole ‘dead or alive'...
Scion of the repressive times A month before his alleged abduction on 6 October former Ambassador Humphrey Polepole claimed President Samia Suluhu Hassan's youngest son Abdul Halim Hafidh Ameir was serving as a shadow intelligence chief working alongside Suleiman Abubakar Mombo the man the President appointed Director-General of the Tanzania Intelligence and Security Service (TISS) on 11 July 2024...
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The family of Humphrey Polepole Tanzania's former Ambassador to Cuba and now an outspoken government critic reported his disappearance following a break in at his home in Dar es Salaam in the early hours of 6 October...
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They will push against some of the more unpopular Magufuli loyalists at the top of the party such as CCM Secretary for Ideology Humphrey Polepole...
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