US EditionProtests over Tanzania’s electoral results enter a third day
- On October 29, 2025, President Samia Suluhu Hassan voted in Dodoma as Tanzanians cast ballots against 16 smaller-party candidates, with preliminary results due on October 30.
- The electoral commission disqualified CHADEMA in April after it refused to sign a code of conduct, barring leader Tundu Lissu for treason charges and excluding Luhaga Mpina of ACT-Wazalendo.
- Security forces and the Tanzanian military deployed in Dodoma, Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam, while police used teargas to disperse protesters in Manzese and Ubungo neighbourhoods amid a nationwide digital blackout, NetBlocks reported.
- Authorities ordered an overnight curfew in Dar es Salaam and told civil servants and students to stay home on Thursday, while the U.S. Embassy in Tanzania issued a security alert reporting major road closures and police detained people at polling stations amid unrest.
- The election reinforces CCM’s long rule since independence as the government pursues a $1.2 billion uranium project amid stalled gas export talks and IMF financing needs of 6% GDP.
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‘Hundreds dead’ in Tanzania post-election violence, opposition says
Tanzania’s main opposition said hundreds had been killed in three days of election protests, with the country still under an internet blackout on Friday and the government denying any use of “excessive force”. A security source and diplomat in Dar es Salaam both said that deaths were “in the hundreds” as protests continued on Friday. President Samia Suluhu Hassan had sought to cement her position and silence critics in her party with an emphatic…
Total black-out, curfew, Internet cup: Tanzania lives under siege after a contest and deadly repression.
Tanzania: This year's election was supposed to be a coronation for President Samia Suluhu Hassan, but has turned into a bloodbath in an otherwise peaceful country.
Over 700 Reported Dead in Tanzania Post-poll Clashes
Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. "As we speak, the number of deaths in [Dar-es-Salaam] is around 350 and there are more than 200 in Mwanza," Chadema party spokesperson John Kitoka said on Friday, referring to the commercial capital in northern Tanzania. World News | Over 700 Reported Dead in Tanzania Post-poll Clashes.
700 People Killed In Tanzania's Post-Election Violence, Claims Opposition
Around 700 people have been killed in three days of election protests in Tanzania, the main opposition party said Friday, with protesters still on the streets in the midst of an internet blackout.
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