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Tanzania
Ex-president Jakaya Kikwete uses influence with Samia Suluhu Hassan to China's favour

Tanzania's former head of state Jakaya Kikwete with Tanzania's president Samia Suluhu Hassan. © Evrard Ngendakumana/Reuters

Former Tanzanian head of state Jakaya Kikwete, who was sidelined during the presidency of John Magufuli, has become an unofficial adviser to new president Samia Suluhu Hassan. He has been pressing for China Merchants' giant Bagamoyo port project, blocked under Magufuli, to resume. [...]

Published on 09/07/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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