Amid crackdowns on dissent, a high-stakes struggle between government supporters and critics is under way.

By Al Jazeera Staff

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Dodoma, Tanzania – On a hot September day in Dodoma, Tanzania’s capital, chants and drumbeats filled Jamhuri Stadium as Zuwena Mohamed, a singer known as Shilole, took to the stage wearing the emblematic green of the governing Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) party.