Tanzania’s president announces probe into post-election protest deaths
Samia Suluhu Hassan, whose re-election prompted protests and a deadly police crackdown, faces calls for accountability.

Samia Suluhu Hassan, whose re-election prompted protests and a deadly police crackdown, faces calls for accountability.



















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

Tanzania’s President has been declared the winner of the country’s presidential elections amid deadly unrest.
Election triggered days of violent protests after main rivals were excluded from presidential race.

Deadly protests have continued to spread across Tanzania since voting began in controversial elections.
Tanzania’s FM says ‘no excessive force’ has been used and government has ‘no figures’ on any protesters killed.
Hundreds of people take to streets of Dar-es-Salaam after two main opposition figures barred from presidential poll.

Police in the Tanzanian capital have declared a curfew in Dar es Salaam amid election-day protests.
Hundreds protest as President Samia Suluhu Hassan expected to win amid exclusion of two main opposition parties.
Opposition members accuse President Samia Suluhu Hassan of cracking down on dissent to stay in power.