Internet shutdown in Tanzania during election
Live network data show a nationwide disruption to internet connectivity in #Tanzania on election day, corroborating reports of a digital blackout.
Tag: Tanzania election
Protests erupt as Tanzania votes without an opposition
Hundreds protested on Wednesday in Tanzania’s largest city, tearing down banners of President Samia Suluhu Hassan and burning a police station, as the East African country went to the polls in elections where the main challengers have either been jailed or barred from standing.
Tanzania President Samia Suluhu Hassan: discrete but ruthless
President Samia Suluhu, a soft-spoken politician who unexpectedly found herself Tanzania’s first female leader, is now accused of overseeing heavy repression in the East African nation.
Murder, Kidnap, Censorship: The ‘New Normal’ Of Tanzania Politics
President Samia Suluhu is said to want nothing less than a total victory, similar to the 99 percent her party, Chama Cha Mapinduzi, won in local polls last year.
Amnesty International declares Tanzania election ‘Unopposed, Unchecked and Unjust’
“I don’t feel safe being a politician in Tanzania. I don’t feel free to criticize the government. We find ourselves under constant attack by the police.”
