We’re Tanzanians; we’re talkers. Maybe we need a new language
Tanzanian riot police walk past a vandalised campaign poster of President Samia Suluhu Hassan after a general election marred by violent protests at the Namanga One-Stop Border Post between Kenya and Tanzania on October 30, 2025.
When President Samia Suluhu Hassan spoke to the Elders of Dar es Salaam on December 2, it had been a long silence from the Head of State about the events of October 29 and immediately after.
Official statements from the government were not giving the general population much hope about improving the situation, the main sticking point being that there was no hard acknowledgement of the violence and loss of life that resulted.
