Head of AU electoral observation mission in the Tanzania general election and former President of Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi (C), during a meeting ahead of the election on October 28, 2025
In an unusually blunt assessment, the African Union observer mission has declared Tanzania's October 29 general election "flawed, undemocratic," and failing to meet the standards of a credible poll.
This damning verdict, a rare departure from the AU's typically restrained tone, deals a severe blow to the credibility of President Samia Suluhu Hassan.
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