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Tanzania blackout after election chaos, deaths feared

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

Tanzania was on lockdown with a communications blackout on Thursday, a day after elections turned into violent chaos with unconfirmed reports of many dead.

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