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Tanzania remains fiscally dependent on external financing, with aid still accounting for some 23 per cent of government revenue in 2023, although this is declining.
Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan admitted that the post-election violence would affect international funding. The disputed election results triggered country-wide agitations where people died and several people were taken into custody. Death toll is estimated variously by different agencies and the Tanzanian official figures remain much smaller than that is touted by the Rights agencies and others.
As peace is slowly returning to the East African country, Hassan tasked the officials to do the damage control and to fast track the image building to restore the fund flows, both from domestic and external sources.
Tanzania remains fiscally dependent on external financing, with aid still accounting for some 23 per cent of government revenue in 2023, although this is declining.
Rights groups, opposition parties, and the United Nations say hundreds of people were likely killed in the clashes, though the government disputes those figures as exaggerated. Hundreds of others were arrested and charged with treason. The president later asked for some to be released.
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As reported by www. trendsnafrica.com, African Union observers said the poll failed to meet international democratic standards, but the government has dismissed this saying the election was fair. Coming few days will be crucial for the East African country, which had shown resemblance of stability in its economic pick-up.
