Amid days of upheaval across Tanzania, President Samia Suluhu Hassan was declared the winner of the presidential election, securing another term in office. The electoral commission reports that Samia almost swept the 32 million votes cast in Wednesday’s election, receiving 98% of the total.
The widespread unrest and lack of transparency, which have apparently resulted in hundreds of fatalities and hundreds of injuries, have alarmed international observers. Verifying the death toll is challenging due to the nationwide internet shutdown. The government has attempted to minimize the severity of the violence, and in an effort to put an end to the disturbances, authorities have implemented a curfew.
With turnout approaching 87% of the nation’s 37.6 million registered voters, Samia received almost 31.9 million ballots, or 97.66% of the total, according to the electoral chief.
In the semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar, Tanzania, where the people choose their own government and leader, the current president, Hussein Mwinyi, of the CCM, received about 80% of the vote. Despite the army chief’s warnings to put an end to the disturbance, protesters continued to take to the streets on Friday in the port city of Dar es Salaam and other cities, tearing down posters of Samia and attacking police and voting places.
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