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Tanzania
Newly installed Samia Suluhu Hassan makes Gen Venance Mabeyo her trusted ally

New Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan. © Anthony Siame/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

The new president's cabinet reshuffle may have looked like a mere game of musical chairs, but Samia Suluhu Hassan was in fact careful to distance people who were close to her late predecessor John Magufuli and to make the chief of army staff the guarantor of her administration. [...]

Published on 05.04.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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