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Chadema: 'No genuine election took place' as Tanzania imposes curfew

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Tanzanian opposition leader and former presidential candidate of CHADEMA party, Tundu Lissu, reacts as he arrives at the Kisutu Resident Magistrate's Court in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania June 2, 2025. 

Photo credit: Reuters

What you need to know:

  • Opposition rejects election result
  • Hassan gets 97.66pc of votes, opposition barred from election
  • Deadly protests erupt over exclusion of main opposition parties

Tanzania's main opposition party rejected President Samia Suluhu Hassan's landslide victory in elections that triggered deadly protests across the East African nation over the exclusion of her key challengers from the fray.

The main opposition party Chadema, which was barred from the election for refusing to sign a code of conduct and whose leader, Tundu Lissu, was arrested for treason in April, said late on Saturday that the results were "completely fabricated".