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Tanzania accused of hiding bodies of those killed in post-election protests

Relatives carry the coffin of a protester who was shot dead during election-related unrest on 29 October 2025 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Many families have been unable to claim the bodies of their relatives killed in the unrest. © Emmanuel Herma/Reuters

A Tanzanian doctor has reported hundreds of corpses being taken from the hospital where he works, appearing to corroborate accusations from Western officials and the UN that the government removed the bodies of those killed during protests following the presidential election at the end of October.

Days of violent protests followed the election on 29 October as opponents claimed Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan had rigged the polls to win 98 percent of the vote, and had orchestrated a campaign of murders and abduction of critics.

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