Tanzania: Tanzania Has Banned Political Rallies Again - What the Government Fears

[The Conversation Africa] Public rallies were banned in Tanzania in June 2026 for the second time in a decade.

The first ban was imposed by President John Magufuli in 2016.

His successor, President Samia Hassan, lifted it in 2023 as part of a reform agenda.

Now she has reimposed the ban.

Dan Paget has spent over a decade chronicling the struggles of Tanzania's democracy movement amid waves of repression.

He's had a special focus on a form of political communication that's of extraordinary significance in Tanzania: mass rallies.

He ...