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Tanzania
President Samia already gearing up for 2025 poll

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan in Dar es Salaam, 30 March 2023. © Ericky Boniphace/Pool/AFP

Samia Suluhu Hassan is laying the campaign groundwork two years before Tanzania goes to the polls to choose its next head of state. She knows she needs time to win over supporters of her two predecessors. [...]

Published on 19/04/2023 at 05:40 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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