Tanzania President Lifts Opposition Rally Ban 

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan has lifted a ban after six years on opposition political rallies outside of election campaigns. <br />President Samia made the announcement during a meeting with leaders from all 19 of the country’s registered political parties. <br />Ms. Samia says their duty as a government will be to offer protection for the rallies which are going to be conducted in a civil and mature way and avoid trading insults. <br />The lifting of the ban is part of the president’s political reconciliation and reform drive which she initiated after taking power in 2021 following MagufuIi’s death. <br />President Samia says her government would try to restart a stalled constitutional review process.