Rallies hold great significance in Tanzania and are central to everyday political communication.
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The countries, whose respective leaders recently won widely disputed elections, offer contrasting examples in how autocracies operate, evolve and change.
While the space for opposition campaigns in Tanzania has widened, it still isn’t enough to facilitate free and fair elections.
After years of censorship, opposition parties have to – all at once – rejoin public debates, reorganise and remotivate demoralised supporters.
Peace on its own is not enough to meet the unfulfilled promise of prosperity and economic advancement.
There may be significant limitations to the political reform that can be realised by new president Samia Suluhu Hassan.
The president leaves behind a legacy of extremes, on the one hand, a leader who wanted to create a better country for his people, and on the other, a ruthless authoritarian.
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