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Suluhu Hassan is expected to liberalise Tanzania

People sitting in a restaurant, with President Suluhu Hassan showing on a wall-mounted TV.

President Suluhu Hassan has lifted bans on the media and changed government officials in international affairs. Photo: STR/AFP

Date • 6 May 2021

It seems that Tanzania's new president is investing to normalise the country's relations to the outside world, says NAI Senior Researcher Liisa Laakso.