DODOMA, Nov. 16 -- ON November 14, 2025, the atmosphere in Dodoma carried a strangely human warmth, the kind that settles in when a country pauses to listen to its leader after months of tension. There was no mistaking the weight of the moment.

Crowds outside Parliament lingered as if wanting to touch the edges of history, while inside, President Samia Suluhu Hassan stepped to the podium with the kind of calm that comes only from someone who understands both the fragility and the resilience of a nation.

Her presence alone seemed to steady the hall and for a moment the air felt lighter, as if the country itself had exhaled. As she began to speak, there was a tone that blended steadiness with an emotional honesty rarely seen in political ...