Salaam, following contentious elections in which the two primary opposition parties were excluded from participation.

Hundreds of demonstrators faced off with police in Tanzania’s commercial capital Friday to demand the national electoral body stop announcing election results

No fewer than 700 demonstrators have reportedly lost their lives in three days of election-related protests in Tanzania. Naija News reports that the protest erupted on Wednesday, following the country’s presidential election results,

As the violence continued for a third day, the United Nations said at least 10 people had been killed. Opposition leaders claimed the death toll could be in the hundreds.

The political unrest in Tanzania could potentially disrupt key trade routes and the landlocked economies in southern Africa that rely heavily on the East African country's ports for essential imports.

Internet connectivity has been disrupted across Tanzania during an election marked by human rights concerns and opposition detentions

Tanzania's police declared an evening curfew in commercial capital Dar es Salaam on Wednesday, after protests broke out in the city as the country held elections criticised for repressing the opposition.