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Tanzania faces funding freeze fears amid election backlash and ICC pressure

Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan at her investiture. Photo @ Samia Hassan/Facebook
Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan at her investiture. Photo @ Samia Hassan/Facebook
  • Samia warns election fallout could choke foreign loans
  • EU funding blocked as ICC pressure mounts

 

DAR ES SALAAM, TANZANIA – Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan is under mounting international and domestic pressure over the legitimacy of her disputed election victory, warning the country to brace for economic fallout.

The scale of that pressure has become increasingly visible, with Samia publicly acknowledging that Tanzania’s post-election image crisis could undermine access to Western financing, even as legal and diplomatic scrutiny intensifies.

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