Samia Suluhu Hassan

Tanzania
Opposition in delicate position in face of Gen Z demands

Many challenges await Chadema and ACT-Wazalendo as they seek to capitalise on the post-election crisis. However, with very few seats in parliament and depleted finances, the two parties are backed into a corner.

East Africa, Tanzania
Tanzanian post-electoral crisis impacts East African institutions

Lawyers scheduled to plead before the East African Court of Justice around 9 December have had their hearings postponed.

Kenya, Uganda
Despite efforts, Nairobi and Kampala struggle to see eye to eye

Friendly relations between William Ruto and Yoweri Museveni will not be enough to bury the hatchet on long-standing border disputes between the two countries. The involvement of Kenyan activists on the Ugandan political scene is also a sore subject.

Tanzania
Just elected, Samia Suluhu Hassan forges closer ties with Beijing and Moscow

The condemnation by Western countries of the crackdown on protests during the recent elections contrasts with the silence or good will expressed by other powers. The president wishes to strengthen relations with the latter.

Tanzania
Restrictions on US travelers unsettle Samia Suluhu Hassan's administration

The country wants to turn over a new leaf after the violent crackdown on post-election protests. The stakes are high for this country, which prides itself on its stability and derives 17.2% of its GDP from tourism.

Palace Intrigues
Paul Biya, William Ruto, Samia Suluhu Hassan, Donald Trump

Intrigues big and small: every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

CameroonBrenda Biya back home for dad's inauguration

TanzaniaRuto's remark goes down badly with Hassan and co

BeninBah humbug! Donald Trump cancels Christmas market

Tanzania
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.

Tanzania
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.

Palace Intrigues
Alassane Ouattara, Patrice Talon, Samia Suluhu Hassan

Intrigues big and small: every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Ivory CoastAlassane Ouattara to be sworn in on 8 December

BeninFormer Patrice Talon loyalist, Aurélien Agbénonci, distanced from Cotonou

TanzaniaDuma Boko's stony silence around Samia Suluhu Hassan's inauguration

Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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.

Kenya
Sidian Bank capitalises on closeness to Ruto to extend regional influence

Boosted by an increase in public orders in Nairobi, the bank is planning to open branches in East Africa in an expansion that the Kenyan president is following very closely.