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Ongoing Repression in Tanzania Shows No Signs of Letting Up

Jan 14, 2026 | 19:51 GMT

A column of Tanzanian soldiers drives past electoral posters of incumbent Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwinyi in Stone Town on Oct. 30, 2025.
A column of Tanzanian soldiers drives past electoral posters of incumbent Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan and Zanzibar President Hussein Ali Mwinyi in Stone Town on Oct. 30, 2025.

(Photo by MARCO LONGARI/AFP via Getty Images)

Tanzania's president will likely maintain a repressive approach to opposition groups in the wake of widespread post-election protests that, even with small concessions to political opponents, will sustain a risk of further bouts of large-scale unrest in the future, weighing on the economy and opening security gaps that jihadist groups may try to exploit....

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