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🗳 President Samia Suluhu Hassan this month lifted the ban on Chadema slapped by her hard-line predecessor John Magufuli, who was nicknamed “Bulldozer” for his pugnacious style.

Freeman Mbowe , Chairman Tanzania's main opposition party Chadema, flashes a victory sign during party's first political rally after an imposed ban in 2016 was lifted, at Furahisha Grounds in Mwanza, on January 21, 2023.

“Thank God that the day has come when we speak with fellow Tanzanians though this public gathering,” Chadema chairman Freeman Mbowe told the rally, attended by thousands in the lakeside city of Mwanza.Tanzania signs $2.2 billion railway deal with China The move was cautiously welcomed as a gain for democracy by rights groups and the country’s opposition.

Hassan, who has battled divisions in her ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party, has since made conciliatory gestures towards the opposition. His party comrade Mbowe, who spent seven months in prison on terrorism charges, led the Saturday rally, organised in the port city where they were arrested.

 

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