Here comes Tanzania’s 2025 race: Will Suluhu sit down or stand up and run?
Samia has not yet carved out a definitive image of herself. Though she took some Magufuli-era boots off the necks of journalists, eased some restrictions on the opposition, and doesn’t rail wildly against the independent media as her predecessor did, Tanzania is still not a journalism paradise. ILLUSTRATION | JOSEPH NYAGAH | NMG
Tanzania goes to the ballot in October 2025, but visiting the commercial capital Dar es Salaam a few days ago, it was a big surprise to find some journalists and analysts who weren’t sure that President Samia Suluhu Hassan would be in the running.
As vice-president, President Samia automatically took over the presidency when her mercurial iron-fisted predecessor John Magufuli died in office in March 2021.
