Dar es Salaam, Oct 29, 2026 (AFP) - A year on, Tanzanians mourn election massacres in 'state of terror'

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A year after Tanzania's bloody election, many remain traumatised by the violence, while government critics live in fear of abduction and arbitrary arrest, or facing treason and terrorism charges. The October 29 election, in which President Samia Suluhu Hassan won with 98 percent of the vote after most of the opposition was excluded, triggered days of protests that security forces brutally suppressed. Rights groups and the opposition say thousands......

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