Tanzania bars key opposition candidate again, clearing path for Samia

ACT-Wazalendo presidential candidate Luhaga Mpina.

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Tanzania’s electoral commission said it had disqualified opposition presidential candidate Luhaga Mpina for the second time on Monday, reversing a decision made two days earlier approving his nomination.

The disqualification of Mpina, who leads the country’s second largest opposition party, leaves President Samia Suluhu Hassan a clear run at next month’s election, with only candidates from minor parties allowed to compete.