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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)
Issue dated 20/10/2021 Reading time 2 minutes
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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.
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.

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