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Tanzania’s President Hassan ends 6-yr ban on opposition rallies

President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania speaks during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow, Scotland [File: Hannah McKay/Reuters]

Tanzania’s president Samia Suluhu Hassan has lifted a ban on opposition rallies imposed in 2016 by her strongman predecessor, in an overture to political rivals seeking the restoration of democratic traditions.

“According to our laws, it is the right of political parties to hold their public meetings… my presence today in front of you is to give permission… that the announcement to prevent public meetings is now lifted,”  local news outlet ITV, reported Hassan as saying on Tuesday.

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