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Thousands of people took to the streets of Tanzania’s biggest city on Wednesday under the banner of the main opposition party, the first large-scale protest since the government lifted a seven-year ban on political rallies, the Associated Press reported. Supporters of the Chadema party demonstrated peacefully...

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The World Briefly

January 05, 2023

Reversing Course

Tanzania

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan lifted a six-year ban on political rallies this week, a move that was welcomed by the opposition as the incumbent is seeking to reverse some of the policies of her predecessor, John Magufuli, the BBC reported. Hassan announced the reversal during...

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The World Briefly

December 07, 2022

Priorities

Tanzania

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan called off the country’s independence day celebrations scheduled for Friday, ordering the budget to instead be spent on urgent projects and public discussions on development, Business Insider Africa reported Tuesday. The president said the $445,000 budget for Tanzania’s independence day celebration...

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Need to Know

October 28, 2022

Blood and Soil

Tanzania

The Tanzanian government describes the transfer of ethnic Maasai people from their traditional homelands as “voluntary relocation.” The Maasai call it “eviction,” Le Monde reported. The truth is far more complicated, especially after the regional East African Court of Justice recently ruled that the government legally...

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