Jane Flanaga, Africa Correspondent
Sunday December 28 2025, 6.46pm GMT, The Times
Killings, abductions and torture have followed demonstrations over the disputed re-election of Samia Suluhu Hassan as president.
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Tanzania’s celebrated safari lodges and beachside villas are filling up for peak season. Off the tourist trail, desperate families are hunting for relatives who have been missing since an election crackdown that has been called a “Tiananmen Square moment” for the usually stable east African state.
Hundreds of young people are reported to have been shot dead by security forces before and after a disputed ballot on October 29 that extended the rule of the president, Samia Suluhu Hassan. According to official results, Hassan won 98 per cent of the vote. Under an internet blackout, killings, abductions and torture were followed by bodies being snatched from streets and mortuaries, erasing evidence of abuse, according to rights groups.
Sunday December 28 2025, 6.46pm GMT, The Times
Killings, abductions and torture have followed demonstrations over the disputed re-election of Samia Suluhu Hassan as president.
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Tanzania’s celebrated safari lodges and beachside villas are filling up for peak season. Off the tourist trail, desperate families are hunting for relatives who have been missing since an election crackdown that has been called a “Tiananmen Square moment” for the usually stable east African state.
Hundreds of young people are reported to have been shot dead by security forces before and after a disputed ballot on October 29 that extended the rule of the president, Samia Suluhu Hassan. According to official results, Hassan won 98 per cent of the vote. Under an internet blackout, killings, abductions and torture were followed by bodies being snatched from streets and mortuaries, erasing evidence of abuse, according to rights groups.
