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Tanzania on the brink as protests rock Election Day

Residents reported that security forces fired tear gas and live bullets in several neighbourhoods of Dar es Salaam.

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by ELIUD KIBII

News31 October 2025 - 04:58
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Tanzania is teetering on the edge of a major political crisis after thousands of citizens defied curfew orders and took to the streets on Election Day.

Polling stations and electoral materials were destroyed and police stations invaded, some torched in protest of what they termed sham vote marred by repression, candidate exclusions and state intimidation.

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