Overview
- Chadema says roughly 700 people have been killed over three days of protests, citing hospital accounts from Dar es Salaam, Mwanza and other areas reported via AFP.
- The UN human rights office reports credible information of at least 10 deaths, while Amnesty International estimates about 100, with figures unconfirmed due to restricted access.
- Security forces, including the army, are enforcing curfews after widespread clashes, arson and vandalism, with armored patrols continuing in Dar es Salaam.
- Key opposition figures were jailed or disqualified before the vote, including Chadema leader Tundu Lissu on treason charges, and foreign journalists were largely barred from covering the election.
- Final results are pending as partial tallies show President Samia Suluhu Hassan with a dominant lead; officials reject the opposition death toll as exaggerated and deny excessive force.