Peter Burdin is the BBC's former Africa bureau chief and world assignments editor. He has thirty-five years experience as a senior editorial leader in the BBC’s International News operation and has worked extensively in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, the Indian sub-continent and Asia from where he has covered numerous major international news stories. He has won several Sony Awards for his news and documentary programmes, including the war in Bosnia, the Tiananmen Square protests, South Africa’s first democratic elections and the funeral of President Nelson Mandela.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s frequent changes to her top government teams have sparked conversation both within Tanzania and abroad.