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East Africa ushers in the New Year carrying unresolved political, economic wounds

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan takes the oath of office during her inauguration in Dodoma, on November 3, 2025. [File, Standard]

As 2025 ends, East Africa enters the New Year weighed down by unresolved political tensions, shrinking civic space, and a rapidly shifting global order that has left the region more exposed than at any point in the past decade.

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