Tanzania's President Hassan wins contested election after crackdown on opposition

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00:00Tanzania's Communications Authority is one of protesters' targets.

00:06An internet blackout being part of a crackdown on widespread unrest

00:10following the election win of President Samia Suluhu Hassan.

00:14Rights groups say there have been deaths, but they're still trying to verify how many.

00:19Police are responding to the protests with tear gas and live bullets.

00:25We are urging them to exercise restraint and facilitate the right to protest in Tanzania.

00:33The main opposition party, meanwhile, says hundreds have been killed,

00:37an allegation denied by the government.

00:39None of the excessive force has been used.

00:42And the country cannot use excessive force against its own citizens, for sure.

00:48President Hassan has officially won a second term with 98 per cent of the vote

00:53after opposition candidates were jailed and banned.

00:56She was praised for easing repression after taking office in 2021, but times have changed.

01:02In the run-up to the vote, rights groups say she waged an unprecedented crackdown on opponents,

01:08using extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances and arbitrary arrests.

01:13Landslides of this magnitude are rare in East Africa, save for Paul Kagami's Rwanda.

01:18But Hassan's party has dominated Tanzanian politics since independence,

01:23even after the introduction of other parties in 1992.

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