Overview
- Official results gave President Samia Suluhu Hassan about 97.7% of the vote with a reported 87% turnout, while the main opposition was excluded and urged a boycott.
- At the ceremony, Hassan expressed regret over violence and acknowledged fatalities for the first time without giving a death toll.
- Chadema alleges security forces killed roughly 700–800 people, and diplomats describe credible reports of hundreds of deaths that independent sources cannot yet verify.
- Internet service remains largely cut, curfews are in force, schools are closed and food prices are rising, constraining movement and reporting across major cities.
- The UN and EU voiced deep concern over the bloodshed, and the African Union’s commission chair congratulated Hassan while lamenting the loss of life.