Dhaka, Friday, Jan 16, 2026
About 700 people have been killed during three days of election protests in Tanzania, the main opposition party has claimed.Protests erupted on election day Wednesday over what demonstrators said was the suppression of the opposition after key candidates were excluded from the presidential ballot.John Kitoka, spokesperson for the Chadema opposition party, told AFP that hundreds had died since the unrest began.As we speak, the figure for deaths in Dar es Salaam is around 350 and for Mwanza it is 200-plus. Added to figures from other places around the country, the overall figure is around 700,” Kitoka said, adding that the toll could be much higher due to killings taking place during a night-time curfew imposed from Wednesday.A security source also told AFP there had been reports of more than 500 deaths, “maybe 700–800 in the whole country.”Amnesty International said it had received information that at least 100 people had been ...
