Tanzania: opposition rallies are finally unbanned – but this doesn’t mean democratic reform is coming

Daniel Paget

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Abstract

In Tanzania, the political rally is back. Chadema, Tanzania’s leading opposition party, held mass rallies outside the official election campaign for the first time in six and a half years on 21 January 2023.

It could do so because three weeks earlier, President Samia Suluhu Hassan lifted the ban on public rallies. Assassination-attempt survivor and opposition politician Tundu Lissu returned to Tanzania on 25 January to take part in them.
Original languageEnglish
Specialist publicationThe Conversation
Publication statusPublished - 26 Jan 2023

Bibliographical note

Dan Paget does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

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