Julius Nyerere (second right), his successor Ali Hassan Mwinyi (right) and Mwinyi’s successor Benjamin Mkapa (left) host South Africa’s Walter Sisulu in January 1990. Reuters/File
On the domestic front, 1990 was a busy year for the political calendar. Mwalimu Nyerere retired as the chairperson of the ruling party, and President Ali Hassan Mwinyi was reelected in the last general election to be held under a one-party state. Zanzibar had a new president too, one Dr Salmin Armour.
