DAR ES SALAAM: Tanzania was on lockdown with a communications blackout Thursday, a day after elections turned into violent chaos with unconfirmed reports of many dead. President Samia Suluhu Hassan had sought to solidify her position and silence criticism within her party in the virtually uncontested polls, with the main challengers either jailed or disqualified. In the run-up, rights groups condemned a “wave of terror” in the east African nation, which has seen a string of high-profile abductions that ramped up in the final days.

Government critics abducted, killed or arrested in run-up to vote as Samia Suluhu Hassan faces first electoral test

Opposition members accuse President Samia Suluhu Hassan of cracking down on dissent to stay in power.

Opposition supporters accuse the government undermining democracy, and say the elections are not free and fair.

Hundreds protest as President Samia Suluhu Hassan expected to win amid exclusion of two main opposition parties.

DAR ES SALAAM: Tanzania was on lockdown with a communications blackout Thursday, a day after elections turned into violent chaos with unconfirmed reports of many dead. President…

Hundreds of people take to streets of Dar-es-Salaam after two main opposition figures barred from presidential poll.

Tensions remain with protests expected to continue, after demonstrations were reported in some towns overnight.

Some deaths have been reported though accurate figures are hard to obtain due to the internet shutdown.

Demonstrators took to streets after president’s main challengers were excluded from ballot

NAIROBI: 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…

Tanzania faces post-election chaos with 700 reported deaths amid protests, an internet blackout, and escalating violence against security forces.

President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been re-elected in a landslide, as the government denies that hundreds were killed.

Electoral commission says incumbent president won re-election with 98 percent of disputed vote.

The result hands Hassan, who took power in 2021, a five-year term following opposition repression

Samia Suluhu Hassan won 97.66% of the vote, the electoral commission announced on state television. The main opposition party, Chadema, says hundreds of people have been killed by…

Decenas de personas han muerto desde el miércoles en unas manifestaciones que el Gobierno califica de “focos aislados de incidentes”. La oposición tilda de “burla” el resultado

La situazione in Tanzania dopo le elezioni: proteste violente, centinaia di morti e studenti italiani bloccati a Pomerini senza comunicazioni

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan was declared the winner of the election amid unrest in the African nation over her candidacy and the exclusion of her rivals.