Suluhu, Africa's strongmen have met their match in youth protest

Tanzanian police stop a man accused by electoral officials of attempting to taint the voting process at a polling station in Stone Town on October 29, 2025, during Tanzania’s presidential elections. [AFP]

President Samia Suluhu Hassan has blamed the electoral disorder in her country, last week, on foreigners. She has vowed to crush them. They will know that she is a true lioness, she says. A number of thoughts spring up from this, none of which bodes well for Africa’s ruling elite.