Tanzania's Hassan declared landslide winner in violence-marred election

Tanzania's electoral commission declared on Saturday that President Samia Suluhu Hassan had won, with nearly 98% of the votes, an election that set off violent protests across the country this week. The result hands Hassan, who took power in 2021...

Tanzania president re-elected in polls marred by violence

Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan was declared yesterday the landslide winner of an election that set off deadly protests across the country this week over the exclusion of her main challengers. The East African nation's electoral commission...

Tanzania: FIDH Condemns Post-Election Blackout, Violence, and Democratic Erosion

In Tanzania, escalating State violence, mass censorship, and the arrests of opposition figures are particularly alarming. As many as thirty protesters may have been killed on 29 October by Tanzanian authorities.Paris, 30 October 2025. The...

Tanzania in Turmoil: Deadly protests erupt as opposition ban sparks international outcry

Mounting tension grips Tanzania as deadly protests follow the government’s decision to bar opposition candidates from the presidential race. Amid an internet blackout and extended curfew, global organizations urge restraint and call for dialogue....

Hassan wins 97.66% in Tanzania election amid opposition boycott, unrest

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has secured a landslide victory in the country’s disputed presidential election, winning 97.66 per cent of the vote amid an opposition boycott, allegations of repression, and violent protests that have drawn...

UN Chief Anthonio Guterres Voices Deep Alarm Over Deadly Protests in Tanzania Following Disputed Elections

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania – November 2, 2025 – United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres expressed profound concern on Friday over the escalating violence in Tanzania, where post-election protests have claimed numerous lives amid allegations...

What’s driving unrest in Tanzania after president’s landslide re-election?

President Samia Suluhu Hassan has been re-elected in a landslide, as the government denies that hundreds were killed. Tanzania’s incumbent president, Samia Suluhu Hassan, has been re-elected with 98 percent of the vote in an election denounced by...

Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan wins landslide victory amid deadly unrest

President Samia Suluhu Hassan has officially secured another term in office, winning approximately 98% of the vote in Tanzania’s presidential election. The announcement made by electoral chief Jacobs Mwambegele comes amid nationwide unrest that...

Tanzania in turmoil: opposition claims 700 dead

For the third consecutive day, Tanzania remained gripped by unrest on Friday, with disturbing images emerging despite a nationwide internet blackout. The country has been plunged into turmoil following Wednesday’s presidential election, as...

Tanzania: Demand Investigation into Post-Election

The post-election crisis is compounded by an intensification of repression against members of the opposition and activists. The opposition in Tanzania denounces a massacre after the military repression of post-election protests, amid UN concern...

Tanzania Unrest Chokes Malawi’s Economy as Trucks, Fuel Shipments Stall at Border

Economic ripples from Tanzania’s post-election unrest are now being felt deep inside Malawi, with hundreds of transporters—including fuel tankers—trapped at the Kasumulu Border and supply chains grinding to a halt. Unrest in Tanzania For days, the...

Germany pledges support to women enterprises

The Government of Germany has pledged support for women-led businesses in Malawi and seven other African countries through mentorship, access to finance and business development initiatives under a programme pegged at €1.2 million (about K2.4...

McKone: Jane Goodall in England, Tanzania and Vermont

Not many 91-year-olds die in their sleep while on a speaking tour eight time zones from home. But Jane Goodall, the world-renowned naturalist and humanitarian, who died in Los Angeles on Oct. 1, exceeded expectations throughout her life. Goodall...

Tanzania's president declared landslide winner in election marred by violence

Tanzania's electoral commission declared on Saturday that President Samia Suluhu Hassan had won, with nearly 98 per cent of the votes, an election that set off violent protests across the country this week. The result hands Hassan, who took power...

President Samia declared winner in Tanzania election with 98pc amidst protests

Tanzania's electoral commission declared on Saturday that President Samia Suluhu Hassan had won, with nearly 98 percent of the votes, an election that set off violent protests across the country this week. The result hands Hassan, who took power...

Tanzania Internet Blackouts Reflect Growing African Censorship Trend

Tanzania experienced at least three nationwide internet restrictions during 2025, part of a troubling pattern of digital censorship that has affected eight out of ten Africans since 2015, according to data from Surfshark’s Internet Shutdown...

Dozens feared dead in Tanzania protests over election that critics call a sham

As thousands took to the streets for the third day in a row in Tanzania’s biggest cities and towns, protesting an election in which the country’s president barred her two main opponents from running against her, human rights groups warned of...

Tanzania's Hassan declared landslide winner in election marred by violence

(Reuters) - Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan was declared on Saturday the landslide winner of an election that set off deadly protests across the country this week over the exclusion of her main challengers. The East African nation's...

Tanzania Opposition Claims Hundreds Killed In Protests Over Elections

Home Africa Tanzania Opposition Claims Hundreds Killed In Protests Over Elections The U.N. said credible reports indicated at least 10 people were killed in protests in three cities, the first public estimate of any fatalities by an international...

Tanzania is Burning. Is Zambia Next? HH, Take Note

By Kapya Kaoma When African presidents weaponize the courts, the police and military to secure political survival, they forget a defining truth of our continent’s history– the fire of resistance has never been extinguished. From colonial times...