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Tanzania’s Ends 6-Year Ban On Opposition Rallies

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Tanzania’s Ends 6-Year Ban On Opposition Rallies
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This is an interesting development in the East African country reported by Aljazeera. Here is an excerpt:

Tanzania’s president Samia Suluhu Hassan has lifted a ban on opposition rallies imposed in 2016 by her strongman predecessor, in an overture to political rivals seeking the restoration of democratic traditions.

“According to our laws, it is the right of political parties to hold their public meetings… my presence today in front of you is to give permission… that the announcement to prevent public meetings is now lifted,”  local news outlet ITV, reported Hassan as saying on Tuesday.

She was speaking to leaders of Tanzania’s 19 registered political parties during a meeting at her office in the capital Dar es Salaam.

Read the full article here.

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