Hundreds protest, police station burned during Tanzania election

Hundreds of people were protesting and a police station burned down in Tanzania’s commercial capital Dar es Salaam on Wednesday, an AFP journalist saw, as the country held elections criticised for repressing the opposition.

A Tanzanian police officer stops a man accused by electoral officials of attempting to taint the voting process at a polling station in Stone Town on October 29, 2025, during Tanzanias presidential elections. Polls opened on October 29, 2025 in Tanzania elections in which the main challengers were either jailed or barred from running, with rights groups decrying a “wave of terror”.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan, 65, is determined to cement her position with an emphatic victory that will silence critics within her own party, analysts say. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)

The correspondent said a group had burned the police station along Nelson Mandela Road, the main road from the city’s port, then gathered outside chanting: “We want our country back.”Police fired tear gas but were pushed back by a large group of protesters on the road who threw stones, the journalist added.

Hundreds protest, police station burned during Tanzania election

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