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Low turnout as Tanzania votes without an opposition

Voters arrive to cast their ballots at the Maundi polling centre in Stone Town, during Tanzania’s presidential elections, on October 29, 2025. [AFP]

There were few voters at polling stations in Tanzania's biggest city on Wednesday as the main challengers to President Samia Suluhu Hassan were either jailed or barred from running.

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