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Tanzania’s new president acts against graft

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…
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