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Rulers in Tanzania and Ivory Coast may be overestimating their countries’ stability
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The longer autocrats stay in power, the worse they become

A sham election, a massacre whitewashed

Voters must be able to turn out without risking death

But voters are having to pick between Islamists and a tainted party from the past

Samia Suluhu Hassan has caused Tanzania’s most dangerous crisis since independence

But voters are having to pick between Islamists and a tainted party from the past