Tanzanian president sworn in after election unrest
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.2 • 7.8K Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
Tanzania’s President, Samia Suluhu Hassan, begins her second term in office following hundreds of reported deaths in violence linked to a contested election. Also, as the tentative ceasefire in Gaza continues, plans are being made to rebuild the devastated territory. Valencia's provincial leader resigns after criticism over his response to devastating floods last year. Three people will stand trial in Hong Kong accused of organising events to commemorate the anniversary of the Tiananmen killings. And the actor Anthony Hopkins reflects on a life of highs and lows at age eighty-seven. He said it had been a laugh.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, podcasts. |
| 0:05.6 | This is the Global News podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:11.0 | I'm Andrew Peach and at 1630 on Monday the 3rd of November. These are our main stories. |
| 0:17.0 | Tanzania's president, Samir Saluhu Hassan, is sworn in for a second term under tight security after disputed elections marred by violence and protests. |
| 0:26.7 | The leader of Spain's Valencia region resigns a year after being accused of mishandling the response to flash flooding that killed around 230 people. |
| 0:36.6 | Also in this podcast, fears grow for tens of thousands of people trapped in Sudan's Elfasha. |
| 0:42.9 | The testimony from these people and from local responders that we've worked with in Elfashah |
| 0:46.8 | is incredibly grim. |
| 0:48.3 | It's violent. |
| 0:49.0 | They describe summary executions. |
| 0:54.4 | We begin, though, in Tanzania. We begin, though, in Tanzania. |
| 1:01.9 | After days of violent unrest, President Samir Salih Tulu Hassan has been sworn in for a second term. |
| 1:09.0 | I'm, Samia Sulhu Hassan. And, if I'm going to tend to my business. sworn in for a second term. She swore to perform her duties with diligence and sincerity and vowed to treat everyone |
| 1:19.7 | fairly in line with the country's laws. |
| 1:22.3 | But hundreds of people died in clashes after the presidential election, which she won with |
| 1:26.4 | nearly 98% of the vote. |
| 1:28.8 | With many opposition challenges, either imprisoned or barred from running, international observers |
| 1:33.9 | have strongly criticised how the election was conducted. |
| 1:37.6 | Akisa Wanderer is in Nairobi and told me more about the ceremony and the extraordinary |
| 1:41.9 | security surrounding it. |
| 1:43.4 | An unusual ceremony that broke from tradition where the public often attends the swearing-in |
| 1:50.9 | of an elected president. |
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