President Hassan is the face of Tanzania's reform agenda. But she needs to carry the country with her

By Nicodemus Minde, Adjunct Lecturer, United States International University - Africa, United States International University

After two years in power, President Samia Suluhu Hassan has consolidated her political base, opened up the media space and increased the number of women in public appointments.

But Tanzania is not yet out of the woods. Years of failed accountability created the conditions for the rise of authoritarianism and the worrying absence of strong constitutional safeguards. The continued absence of these safeguards means that the risk of a backwards…

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