Overview
- Provisional tallies from the electoral commission show President Samia Suluhu Hassan with commanding majorities, with some constituencies reporting over 90% for the incumbent as final results are still pending.
- Hundreds protested again in Dar es Salaam and other cities, with police and the military enforcing curfews and checkpoints as an internet shutdown entered a third day and civil servants were told to work from home.
- The government told foreign diplomats the unrest consisted of isolated incidents and said security measures were temporary, while the army chief said forces had controlled the situation.
- Casualty figures remain unverified, with Amnesty International reporting two deaths and activists and diplomatic sources citing higher, unconfirmed tolls, as media restrictions and a reporting blackout hinder independent verification.
- Civil society groups urged nullification of the election, and in Zanzibar the commission said President Hussein Mwinyi won 78.8% as the opposition rejected the result and alleged fraud.