DP World s port plans on pause after Dar es Salaam withdraws legal changes that would have facilitated the deal, President Samia Suluhu Hassan appears to have backed down following a damaging row over a controversial agreement signed in February with the United Arab Emirates for logistics giant DP World to run the port of Dar es Salaam.
The president s commitment to free speech is being questioned after the arrest of opposition and civil society activists who criticised the deal with the UAE, The government s heavy-handed response to critics of a controversial port deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has prompted condemnation from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.