Overview
- Election officials declared President Samia Suluhu Hassan the winner with 97.66% of the vote and certified her victory, after which she condemned the unrest in a speech from Dodoma.
- Chadema labeled the results fabricated and alleged hundreds of deaths during protests, claims the government dismissed as exaggerated while offering no official toll.
- The U.N. human rights office reported credible information of at least 10 deaths and Amnesty cited information of around 100, contrasting sharply with Chadema’s far higher figures.
- Nationwide curfew and internet restrictions remain in place as security forces were reported to have used tear gas and gunfire to disperse demonstrations in multiple cities.
- Key opposition contenders were jailed or disqualified before the vote, international officials urged impartial investigations, and travel and port operations in Dar es Salaam faced significant disruption.