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Faced with protests, army deploys new Turkish armoured vehicles

The TPDF patrolled the city's main roads in recently commissioned light vehicles manufactured by Nurol Makina.

Subscribers only Defence 11.11.2025

How authorities ensured the security of key infrastructure amid the crisis

The protests and violence punctuating Samia Suluhu Hassan's election have damaged infrastructure and businesses which had become the symbols of power and its excesses. The army was at times called in to protect these assets.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 10.11.2025

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan in Dodoma, 3 November 2025. © Tanzania Presidential Press Unit/Reuters

Samia Suluhu Hassan shows muscle in post-electoral crisis

Re-elected without any real opposition during a controversial election, the president must now come to terms with the most serious political crisis in the recent history of her country. While the human toll is high, the weakened head of state wishes to consolidate her hold on power.

Subscribers only Politics 07.11.2025

Candidate and outgoing president Samia Suluhu Hassan in Mwanza, Tanzania, on 28 October 2025. © Michael JAMSON / AFP

Election crisis: Samia Suluhu Hassan seeks support from Ruto and Museveni

While the Kenyan and Ugandan presidents have been able to speak with the head of state, who is running for re-election, Western embassies have been operating in the dark since the first day of the election.

Subscribers only Politics 31.10.2025

Ruto's opponents remain tight-lipped on Tanzanian and Ugandan comrades' detention

The Kenyan president's main opponents are preferring to keep quiet about the fate of their counterparts imprisoned in neighbouring countries, for fear of creating diplomatic tensions.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 29.10.2025

Spotlight
Ahead of key poll, party and army divisions beleaguer President Samia Suluhu

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan in Dodoma, on 25 June 2025. © Reuters/Stringer

Subscribers only Politics 28.10.2025

IGAD's finances in the red

Employees of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development have not been paid since the the end of last year. This is because most of the organisation's member states have not paid their annual dues.

Subscribers only Finance 07.10.2025

President Samia Suluhu Hassan's pre-election protectionist turn

The head of state, who has shown a growing appetite for foreign investment following John Magufuli's protectionist era, is taking a tougher stance as the presidential elections approach. Her aim is to strengthen her lead ahead of the October polls.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 17.09.2025

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan in Dar es-Salam, on 28 August 2025.

Samia Suluhu's manoeuvres ahead of presidential elections

The head of state is looking to take control of the media narrative and her party's electoral machine. While victory at the next elections seems probable, she is not immune to criticism.

Subscribers only Politics 27.08.2025

Samia Suluhu announces dissolution of parliament ahead of the October general elections in Dodoma, 28 June 2025.

Ruto tries to sway Samia Suluhu to roll back her protectionist measures

The Tanzanian presidency's abrupt decision to ban foreigners from working in 15 strategic sectors has hit the Kenyan diaspora hard.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 18.08.2025

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan (left) and Kenyan President William Ruto (right) in Nairobi, 27 August 2024.

Chinese firm BCEG wins another big airport contract

Chinese firm BCEG has secured another big contract in Tanzania, after winning the tender for the Lake Manyara airport at the beginning of the year.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 22.07.2025

Regional crises put brakes on East African federation project

Insecurity and political tensions have prevented the East African Community's group of constitutional experts from conducting planned consultations with member states. Meanwhile, the bloc's secretariat is struggling financially.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.07.2025

East African Community (EAC) headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania, 20 May 2022.

EAC seeks to resume trade talks with Brussels

A year and a half after Kenya signed a free trade agreement with the European Union, Nairobi wants to get involved in extending this model to the East African Community, which is chaired this year by William Ruto.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 04.07.2025

Kenyan President William Ruto in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 8 February 2025.

Modernisation on the horizon for Lake Manyara airport

Swiss Intairplan and Ethiopian Saba Engineering have landed the contract to design and supervise the modernisation of Lake Manyara's very touristy airport.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 23.06.2025

Nairobi and its neighbours speed up work to meet Chan 2024 schedule

The African Nations Championship is set to serve as a rehearsal for the 2027 African Cup of Nations, the first held in East Africa. The reputations of the host country heads of state are on the line in the run-up to elections.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 12.06.2025

Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi on 12 May 2018.

Harassed African opposition politicians bid for united front

A platform bringing together opposition leaders from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and elsewhere in the region is being set up to exert influence on the international stage and secure the release of imprisoned officials and candidates prevented from standing in elections.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 26.05.2025

Lawyers of opposition leader Kizza Besigye, led by Martha Karua (center) in Kampala, 2 December 2024.

Inner circles
Emmanuel Nchimbi spins strategies for Samia Suluhu's re-election bid

Named as the president's running mate for October's election, Nchimbi is leveraging deep-rooted ties within the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party. His extensive network is key to bolstering her legitimacy and silencing dissenting voices.

Subscribers only Politics 09.05.2025

Emmanuel Nchimbi during a CCM meeting in Mwanza, 15 August 2024.

The New Guard
Nigeria, Morocco, Tanzania

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

NigeriaHadiza Bala Usman, Tinubu's indispensable confidant

MoroccoMajda Lakhfif, the kingdom's unofficial ambassador to Paris business school

TanzaniaNeema Mduma, cultivating AI just for farmers' needs

Subscribers only Politics, Business, Diplomacy 07.05.2025

State-owned Tanzania Commercial Bank targets major Chinese projects

The former postal bank, owned by the government, made a strategic U-turn two years ago. TCB aims to meet the profitability targets set by President Suluhu, whose ambition is to turn Tanzania into a middle-income country.

Subscribers only Finance 01.04.2025

The New Guard
Tanzania, Rwanda, Morocco

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

TanzaniaNancy Iraba, the marine scientist who serves up seaweed

RwandaIsrael Bimpe, helping provide public services in a click

MoroccoSimohamed Azzouz, taking up the challenge of optimal irrigation

Subscribers only Business 19.03.2025

As elections approach, embassies wary of return of surprise tax demands

The diplomatic community in Tanzania has taken up the issue of unannounced tax audits, which hit companies during the last local elections. Yet the tax commission appointed by President Samia Suluhu Hassan, which was supposed to clarify the legal position, has been slow to deliver its conclusions.

Subscribers only Finance, Business, Diplomacy 14.03.2025

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Faced with protests, army deploys new Turkish armoured vehicles

How authorities ensured the security of key infrastructure amid the crisis

Samia Suluhu Hassan shows muscle in post-electoral crisis

Election crisis: Samia Suluhu Hassan seeks support from Ruto and Museveni

Ruto's opponents remain tight-lipped on Tanzanian and Ugandan comrades' detention

Spotlight Ahead of key poll, party and army divisions beleaguer President Samia Suluhu

IGAD's finances in the red

President Samia Suluhu Hassan's pre-election protectionist turn

Samia Suluhu's manoeuvres ahead of presidential elections

Ruto tries to sway Samia Suluhu to roll back her protectionist measures

Chinese firm BCEG wins another big airport contract

Regional crises put brakes on East African federation project

EAC seeks to resume trade talks with Brussels

Modernisation on the horizon for Lake Manyara airport

Nairobi and its neighbours speed up work to meet Chan 2024 schedule

Harassed African opposition politicians bid for united front

Inner circles Emmanuel Nchimbi spins strategies for Samia Suluhu's re-election bid

The New Guard Nigeria, Morocco, Tanzania

NigeriaHadiza Bala Usman, Tinubu's indispensable confidant

MoroccoMajda Lakhfif, the kingdom's unofficial ambassador to Paris business school

TanzaniaNeema Mduma, cultivating AI just for farmers' needs

State-owned Tanzania Commercial Bank targets major Chinese projects

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RwandaIsrael Bimpe, helping provide public services in a click

MoroccoSimohamed Azzouz, taking up the challenge of optimal irrigation

As elections approach, embassies wary of return of surprise tax demands

Bouygues still hoping its Dar es Salaam airport renovations will take off

East Africa scrambles to obtain waivers after US aid pause

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Gazprom enters Tanzania market via compressed natural gas

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The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

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Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

Spotlight
Ahead of key poll, party and army divisions beleaguer President Samia Suluhu

Inner circles
Emmanuel Nchimbi spins strategies for Samia Suluhu's re-election bid

The New Guard
Nigeria, Morocco, Tanzania

The New Guard
Tanzania, Rwanda, Morocco

The New Guard
Ivory Coast, Tanzania, Central African Republic