Tanzania’s new president acts against graft
TANZANIA’S new president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, yesterday ordered the suspension of the head of the ports authority over corruption allegations, continuing her late predecessor's anti-graft drive. Observers have been keen to see signs of policy direction from Hassan, who was sworn in on March 19 after John Magufuli died, and whose soft-spoken, consensus-seeking personality contrasts with his brash populism and authoritarianism. Speaking in the political capital Dodoma after receiving a government audit report, Hassan signalled that, in respect of corruption at least, she would follow his tough line. Deusdedit Kakoko "I would like to assure you that I will be…