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 security forces since protests broke out on election day on Wednesday.

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…