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TANZANIA

Cabo Delgado: Suluhu Hassan turns from China to the West as terror threat looms

The president of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan.
The president of Tanzania, Samia Suluhu Hassan. © Spencer Platt/Pool/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP
The Tanzanian army fears that terrorist activity in Mozambique could spread to its territory. It is now turning to new Western partners for help because Beijing, its main ally and military supplier, has not made counter-terrorism a priority. [...] (493 words)
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President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan and Charles Michel, president of the European Council, in Brussels on 15 February. © Twitter @ikulumawasliano
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TANZANIA Diplomacy 23/02/2022

Suluhu opens up Tanzania through investment diplomacy and military alliances 

From Washington to Beijing via London, Brussels and Moscow, Samia Suluhu Hassan has revived the links with the capitals that were ignored by her predecessor John Magufuli - and this Tanzanian president has no problem exploiting the differences between her new allies. [...]
TANZANIA CHINA Infrastructures Energy Diplomacy 09/12/2021

Beijing and Dodoma seek to mend fences via defence and infrastructure  Free

Tanzania's erstwhile primary trading partner China is still struggling to resurrect its business and diplomatic ties with Dodoma after the brutal hiatus of the Magufuli era. [...]

Tanzanian foreign minister Liberata Mulamula met with her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held in Dakar on 29 and 30 November 2021.
Tanzanian foreign minister Liberata Mulamula met with her Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, at the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) held in Dakar on 29 and 30 November 2021. © Ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation of Tanzania/Twitter
UNITED STATES MOZAMBIQUE Business Diplomacy 29/11/2021

Washington works to smooth defence relations with Maputo 

The US foreign service wants to get involved in Filipe Nyusi's anti-terrorism efforts in Cabo Delgado. US-Mozambican defence cooperation has been at a standstill since 2017. [...]

General Stephen J. Townsend, commander of AFRICOM, met with minister of defence General Cristóvão Chume, and American Ambassador to the Republic of Mozambique, Dennis W. Hearne.
General Stephen J. Townsend, commander of AFRICOM, met with minister of defence General Cristóvão Chume, and American Ambassador to the Republic of Mozambique, Dennis W. Hearne. © US Embassy in Mozambique
Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi. © Reuters
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MOZAMBIQUE Defence Diplomacy 10/09/2021

Foreign forces struggle to establish communications with Mozambican army top brass 

The speedy start of Rwandan army operations in Cabo Delgado has finally enabled Mozambique to reclaim the territories it had lost. The government's other military partners were not given the same opportunities to bring their troops into the conflict so quickly, however, and are struggling to establish contact with Mozambican army command structure which has been entirely reorganised by Filipe Nyusi. [...]
TANZANIA Infrastructures Politics 09/07/2021

Ex-president Jakaya Kikwete uses influence with Samia Suluhu Hassan to China's favour 

Former Tanzanian head of state Jakaya Kikwete, who was sidelined during the presidency of John Magufuli, has become an unofficial adviser to new president Samia Suluhu Hassan. He has been pressing for China Merchants' giant Bagamoyo port project, blocked under Magufuli, to resume. [...]
Tanzania's former head of state Jakaya Kikwete with Tanzania's president Samia Suluhu Hassan.
Tanzania's former head of state Jakaya Kikwete with Tanzania's president Samia Suluhu Hassan. © Evrard Ngendakumana/Reuters

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