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Tanzanian public servants told to work from home amid Election unrest

Zitto Kabwe, the opposition ACT Wazalendo candidate for the Kigoma Urban parliamentary seat, casts his ballot at the Kisangani voting centre in Kigoma, on October 29, 2025, during Tanzania’s presidential elections.[AFP]

The Tanzanian government has directed public servants to work from home, after police imposed a 6 pm curfew in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday, following unrest sparked amid the elections. 

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