The Conversation Africa·57d ago
Tanzania has reinstated a ban on political rallies as of June 2026, marking the second such prohibition in a decade. The initial ban was enacted by former President John Magufuli in 2016, while his successor, President Samia Hassan, had lifted it in 2023 as part of a reform agenda. Dan Paget, who has extensively documented Tanzania's democracy movement, discusses the implications of this renewed restriction on political communication through mass rallies.