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Tanzania post election: Is there still hope for democracy?

October 27, 2025

Young people and opposition members saw a chance to rewrite Tanzania's democratic future in the October 29 election. But it seemed to have only tightened the ruling CCM's grip on power.

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Tanzanian riot police officers walk past a vandalised campaign poster of President Samia Suluhu Hassan
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