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Speaker 1: Reports on Saturday early morning in the Africa country of

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Tanzania indicated that thousands of youths in the country have

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continued mass protests in the Tanzania capital city of Dodoma,

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also simultaneously in the country former capital city of Dares Salam,

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which remains the country’s largest city and its main economic hub,

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while streets in Wansa, Embeya and Arusha have remained occupied

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by the aggrieved youths, whom the major opposition political party

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Chaimer claimed have been shot at and over seven hundred

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of them have been killed by security operatives since the

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violent protest erupted in the country on Wednesday over the

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twenty twenty five presidential election allegedly marred by corrupt practices,

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but the Tanzania Foreign Ministry dismissed the claim, saying the

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Tanzania government is not aware of any death recorded or

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any of the protesters killed, adding the government has not

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used excessive force on the protesters this The United Nations

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UN Human Rights Office stated on Friday that it has

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a credible report of at least ten deaths recorded as

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a result of killing of protesters by the Tanzania security

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forces and information from border communities between Tanzania and Kenya

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indicated that on Thursday, October thirtieth, in the afternoon, chaos

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broke out at the Namanngo border checkpointer as Kenyon and

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Tanzanian youth through stones at Tanzanian police and the police

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responded with live ammunition and tear gas canisters, leading to

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a casualty of two people shot dead by police and

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two others, including a Kenyan police officer, was seriously injured,

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while violent protest continued across major cities in Tanzania. President

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Samyasulu Hu Hassan of Chama Charmapanduzi CCM political party was

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declared winner and the electoral body announced on Saturday early

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warning that the president secured a re election figure of

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ninety seven point six six percent of the u S votes,

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which represents thirty one million, nine hundred and thirteen thousand,

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eight hundred and sixty six ballots in the October twenty ninth,

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twenty twenty five controversial presidential election boycotted by the country

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main opposition political party, Chadmer, which the Chamber political party

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did by not signing the electoral Code of conduct after

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the set deadline and the Tanzania Electoral body subsequently banned

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the Chadber Political Party from participating in the general election

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and all by elections till twenty thirty and this is

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in addition to the disqualifications of challenges like to do

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issue of Chadmer Political Party, the main opposition leader who

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remains detained since April twenty twenty five and other serious

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challenger Luhager mpener of ACT Wazalendo was disqualified on technicalities.

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The final result showed Hassan ninety seven one and sixty

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six john percent of the vote, dominating every constituency. The

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Electoral Commission announced on state television a quick swearing in

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ceremony would take place on Saturday, the state TV said.

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On Friday, there were reports that the Tanzanian President Samyasulu

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Hu Hassan left her private residence in Zanzibar in a

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military chopper, and some local media reported on Saturday morning

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that her whereabouts had remained unknown. Demonstrations erupted on Wednesday

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in Dares Salam, a city of more than seven million people,

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after disputed and chaotic elections that saw the two main

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opposition parties barred from participating. Protests over the disputed Tanzania

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election entered the fourth day on Saturday, with the protesters

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defying military deployment. Massive crowds earlier on Thursday gathered at

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the Dares Salam International Airport in Tanzania, apparently to prevent

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members of the political elites from fleeing the country. It

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was gathered that in Dares Salam, a six pm curfew

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was announced after protesters in neighborhood such as Kamara and

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Ubungo set a bus and a gas station on fire.

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Local media also reported unrest in Magameni, Kunondoni and Tandale,

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while polling stations were vandalized in parts of Arusha and Umbaya.

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Internet watchdog group netlocks confirmed a nationwide internet disruption as

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the unrest spread. President Hassan is seeking her first full

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elected term after succeeding John Magafuli, who died in twenty

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twenty one. Sixteen smaller opposition candidates also appeared on the ballot.

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Al Jazeera had reported on Friday that the Tanzania’s main

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opposition party has claimed that hundreds of people have been

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killed in protests following this week’s disputed elections, while the

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United Nations says it has credible reports. At least ten

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people died as we speak. The number of deaths in

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Dar s Salaam is around three hundred and fifty and

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there are more than two hundred in Wansa. Chadmer Party

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spokesperson John Quitoka told the AFP news agency on Friday,

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referring to the commercial capital in northern Tanzania, if we

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add the figures from other places in the country, we

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arrive at a total of around seven hundred deaths. Chaidmas

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said its members had toured hospitals across the country to

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reach the figure. AFP reported it had received a similar

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toll from a security source. Al Jazeera has been unable

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to independently verify the number of deaths since elections. On Wednesday, However,

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Tanzania’s Foreign minister Mamoved for Bidcombo, denied that excessive force

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has been used, telling Al Jazeera the government has no

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official figures on any protesters killed currently. No excessive force

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has been used, Combo said on Friday, denying opposition reports

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about hundreds of people killed. I’ve not seen these seven

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hundred anywhere. There’s no number until now of any protesters killed.

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Combo said there have been pockets of violence and vandalism

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in various areas against government properties, including offices and vehicles.

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The national electricity supply utilities have been burned, he added.

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The opposition’s estimated toll contrasted with that of the UN.

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In a Friday briefing, UN Human Rights spokesperson Sief mcgango

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told Geneva reporters that credible sources had indicated at least

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ten deaths at the hands of security forces so far.

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We call on the security forces to refrain from using

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unnecessary or disproportionate force, including lethal weapons, against protesters, and

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to make every effort to deescalate tensions, mcgango said in

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the same briefing. Meanwhile, there are unconfirmed reports that Tanzanian celebrities,

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including diamond platonoms, have fled amid protests in Tanzania, which

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the reports indicated that the protesters are now targeting celebrities

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who promoted Samir Suluhu during the electioneering campaign. This the

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British government, through the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office FCDO,

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has advised that a RuSHA Airport and Kilimanjaro International Airport

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are closed and that most international flights turned from Julius

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Niri International Airport in Dares Slam have been canceled due

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to ongoing political unrest and a strict curfew in Tanzaniaedi

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