Tanzania families still looking for bodies 3 months after protests

Mourners react as they gather around the coffin to pay their final respects to Michael Christian, Chairman of Youth for Nyamagana District of Tanzania’s opposition party Chadema, who was killed amid unrest following Tanzania’s presidential election, in Mwanza on November 6, 2025. [AFP]

Manenos Selanyika could only receive a symbolic burial. His family never found his body after the violent unrest of Tanzania's election three months ago.

The 40-year-old journalist was shot dead by security forces on October 30, neighbours told the family.