Tanzania General Election: Kenyan businesses hit as chaos rock East African country

Thousands of Tanzanians took to the streets for the second day running to demonstrate against what they described as a shambolic election Following the massive protests in several cities, traders were stranded as roads were blocked and a curfew...

Tanzania’s Suluhu takes early lead as post-election violence escalates

President Samia Suluhu Hassan has taken a commanding early lead in Tanzania’s controversial general elections, even as the country reels from violent protests, a nationwide lockdown, and mounting allegations of electoral fraud. Preliminary results...

Tanzanian violence: 700 killed so far, says opposition

At least 700 people have been killed during three days of election protests in Tanzania, according to the main opposition party. Daily Trust had reported how Tanzania’s general election was overshadowed by widespread unrest, internet shutdowns,...

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 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...

Timing, Targeting, & Technology: Your New Collections Playbook

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Tanzania election protests turn deadly; opposition alleges 700 killed in clashes

Tanzania election protests: Violent clashes erupted across Tanzania following the general election this week. It saw the incumbent president’s main rivals barred from the ballot. The opposition has sensationally claimed that around 700 people have...

Samia wins Tanzania poll with 98pc as opposition claims hundreds killed in post-election crackdown

NAIROBI, Kenya Nov 1 – Tanzania’s electoral commission has declared President Samia Suluhu Hassan the winner of Wednesday’s general election with nearly 98 per cent of the vote, extending her rule for another five years under the Chama Cha...

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...

Standalone Canaloplasty and Trabeculotomy Using the OMNI Surgical System: A Subgroup Analysis from the American Academy of Ophthalmology IRIS® Registry (Intelligent Research in Sight)

Introduction The advent of minimally invasive glaucoma surgery (MIGS) has expanded interest in early surgical intervention for primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) patients who might benefit from surgical control of intraocular pressure (IOP) but...

Shutting down dissent: Tanzania’s election goes offline

Tanzania has been rocked by violence for three days now, following a national election earlier this week. Protestors are angry over the banning of candidates and detention of opposition leaders by President Samia Suluhu Hassan, the East African...

Tanzania Elections: Officials lift internet ban after ordering govt employees to work from home

The Tanzanian General Election was held on Wednesday, October 29, to elect the president and Members of Parliament Protests rocked major cities in the East African country after the main Opposition candidate, Tundu Lissu, was locked out At least...

Tanzania reels from election-day violence as lockdown extended, army urges calm and tourists left stranded

DAR ES SALAAM, Oct 31 — Tanzania extended a lockdown on Thursday, with soldiers and police on the main roads in the country’s biggest city, a day after elections turned into violent chaos with unconfirmed reports of many dead. President Samia...

Tanzania’s election fraud triggers mass protests with army deployed

The largest anti-government mobilisations since Tanzania’s independence have erupted in the wake of Wednesday’s elections. From Dar es Salaam to Arusha, thousands of workers, youth, and the urban poor have taken to the streets to denounce the vote...

Tanzania lockdown extended after election chaos, deaths feared

Tanzania’s ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) presidential candidate and incumbent President Samia Suluhu Hassan delivers her remarks during the party's closing campaign rally in Mwanza on October 28, 2025.[AFP] Tanzania extended a lockdown on...

Tanzania Releasing Tears Of Bottled-Up Anger, Says Amnesty

Years of pent-up anger in Tanzania over state violence and the erosion of democracy are being unleashed in election unrest, an Amnesty International expert said Thursday. President Samia Suluhu Hassan sought to cement her position in elections on...

Tanzania seeks to restore calm after election unrest

October 29, 2025, was one of the most significant days in Tanzania, when voters were supposed to exercise their civic duty. However, protests broke out in Dar es Salaam, the country's largest city, and several other cities during the vote....

Tanzania releasing years of bottled-up anger: Amnesty

Years of pent-up anger in Tanzania over state violence and the erosion of democracy are being unleashed in election unrest, an Amnesty International expert said Thursday. President Samia Suluhu Hassan sought to cement her position in elections on...

Ten killed in Tanzania as protesters and police clash over disputed election

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Tanzania police fire shots, tear gas at protesters after chaotic election

Police have fired gunshots on the streets of Tanzania’s largest city during protests after a tumultuous presidential election. In Dar-es-Salaam, a city of more than seven million people, protesters who defied a curfew on Thursday in the Mbagala,...