Gaia Marchi The elections of 29 October 2025 marked a turning point in Tanzania’s history: the Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM, the Party of the Revolution) achieved a landslide victory, winning 98% of the vote. President Samia Suluhu Hassan was thus re-elected. A Muslim woman originally from Zanzibar, Hassan had already assumed the presidency following the death of former president John Magufuli during the Covid-19 pandemic, and has now been confirmed by popular vote. The president needed an overwhelming victory to reunify the CCM, within which she did not command unanimous support. ...