Humility, lack of charisma, determination? No one knows what character was contained in Samia Suluhu Hassan’s expressionless face, surrounded by sunglasses and a dark red headscarf, when she suddenly came to power, in March 2021, after the sudden death of President John Magufuli (2015-2021), of whom she was the invisible vice president.
Abroad, media and observers were excited to see a woman lead Tanzania for the first time, after a presidency marked by authoritarianism, populism and harsh attitudes. In Tanzania too, we welcome this change in fortunes with a certain optimism. “We have so much hoperecalled a Tanzanian lawyer, who preferred to remain anonymous as the East African country, known for its peace, in late October, plunged into unprecedented chaos and terror. He did a lot of things at first. He was really trying to do well and then…then I don’t know what happened. »
The beginning of Hassan’s presidency was actually marked by real divisions. First of all, in political choices. Mr. Magufuli denied, in the midst of a pandemic, the existence of Covid-19 in Tanzania? mI Hassan, who was 61 at the time, immediately complied with the World Health Organization’s recommendations and began vaccinations – which he would be the first to receive.
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