African Union failed Tanzania and Cameroon after elections

This video grab from the Tanzania Broadcasting Corporation (TBC) shows President Samia Suluhu Hassan taking the oath of office during her inauguration ceremony in Dar es Salaam, on November 3, 2025. [AFP]

When Tanzanians went to the polls on October 29, 2025, hope flickered faintly. For many, this was the election that could either affirm President Samia Suluhu's professed reformist image or expose the limits of her political will. For those who had long called for pre-election reforms, the widely used slogan #NoReformsNoElections-championed by CHADEMA and civic actors-symbolised their demands. Opposition party chairman Tundu Lissu defended the slogan as a call for essential electoral changes, while social media reports showed it spreading across Instagram, X , Facebook, and TikTok, fuelled by youth and opposition networks.