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Internet Cut, Curfew Imposed as Post‑Election Unrest Hits Tanzania

Rights groups say opponents were sidelined before the vote, leaving little real competition.

Un membre des forces de sécurité vote, le 28 octobre 2025 à Stone Town en Tanzanie
Des écoliers passent devant une affiche de Samia Suluhu Hassan, candidate à la présidence et dirigeante du parti au pouvoir Chama Cha Mapinduzi, à Arusha, en Tanzanie, le 8 octobre 2025.
Des partisans du CCM, le parti de la présidente Samia Suluhu Hassan, participent à un rassemblement de campagne, le 28 octobre 2025 à Mwanza en Tanzanie
Des électeurs font la queue pour voter dans un bureau de vote situé près d'un parc d'attractions à Stone Town, le 29 octobre 2025, en Tanzanie

Overview

  • Protests flared in Dar es Salaam with a police station set ablaze, checkpoints erected by security forces, schools closed and officials told to work from home, with disturbances also reported in Songwe and Arusha.
  • Internet service remained cut on Thursday and authorities stayed silent while tightly controlled local outlets offered no updates and official results were said to be due within two days.
  • A diplomatic source cited by AFP relayed unverified claims that more than 30 people were killed, while Amnesty said it had verified two deaths from online photos and videos and warned of escalating violence.
  • The ballot excluded key rivals as Chadema was barred for refusing the electoral code, its leader Tundu Lissu was arrested in April and is on trial for treason, and ACT‑Wazalendo’s Luhaga Mpina was disqualified.
  • Foreign media access and international observation were sharply limited, and Africa Intelligence reported that the president’s son, Abdul, oversaw an informal security task force accused of pre‑vote abductions.