BBC With no heavyweight opposition candidates cleared to compete in Wednesday s election, many Tanzanians feel the vote is less like a contest and more like a coronation for President Samia Suluhu Hassan, as she faces her first presidential election. The 65-year-old became the East African nation s first female head of state after the death in 2021
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