Overview
- The electoral commission said Samia Suluhu Hassan secured 31.9 million votes, or 97.66%, with turnout reported near 87% for a new five-year term.
- Chadema claims around 700 people have been killed since Wednesday's unrest, while the UN human rights office cites at least 10 deaths and Amnesty reports higher unverified counts.
- The government rejects the opposition's figures as hugely exaggerated, denies excessive force and says it has no official death toll.
- A nationwide curfew and internet shutdown remain in place as witnesses report police tear gas and gunfire and some government buildings set on fire.
- International calls for an impartial probe grew, with the UN secretary-general and the foreign ministers of the UK, Canada and Norway urging restraint, as state TV signaled a swift swearing-in and Hassan denounced the protests as not patriotic.