A major political transition is underway in Tanzania after the laying to rest of former president John Pombe Magufuli. The East African nation’s new leader Samia Suluhu Hassan is the country’s sixth president and currently the only woman running a country on the continent. We asked Rob Ahearne, who has been doing research in Tanzania for more than a decade, to set out the political context and Hassan’s immediate challenges. ROB AHEARNE, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of East London What political environment has the new president stepped into? Magufuli’s anti-corruption agenda, emphasis on hard work, fractious…