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Gen Z arise: Tanzanian police imposed a nationwide curfew after youth protested in major cities ahead of the elections. Photo: Wainaina Mburu

Tanzania’s post-election violence raises doubts over credibility of 2025 polls

Authorities have not released an official death toll, but unconfirmed reports suggest the number of fatalities could exceed 1 000

  • Eyaaz
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Tanzania’s President Samia Hassan

Tanzania’s political parties hold final campaign rallies ahead of elections

Tanzanian political parties are winding up their bids to win over the 37.6 million people expected to vote on Wednesday

  • Eyaaz
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Politics will shape your tomorrow, whether you participate or not. You can either shape it consciously or be shaped by it painfully. The choice is between vigilance and victimhood.

Security tight in Tanzania ahead of Wednesday’s elections

Tanzanians are using social media to call for mass demonstrations before Wednesday’s poll

  • Eyaaz
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Tanzanian presidential hopeful Luhaga Mpina

Tanzania’s court rules against Mpina’s presidential bid

He has vowed to continue his legal fight and his party is still campaigning for the election in two weeks’ time

  • Eyaaz
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Luhaga Mpina of the Alliance for Change and Transparency Wazalendo party

Tanzania’s high court to decide on Luhaga Mpina’s presidential bid

Mpina filed an appeal last month against his removal from the race by the Independent National Electoral Commission

  • Eyaaz
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President Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani (Photo by Kim Jae-Hwan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Mauritania, stable outlier in turbulent region, re-elects president

Former army chief and incumbent president Mohamed Ould Cheikh El Ghazouani won just over 56% of the vote

  • Eyaaz
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