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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Vishwam Sankaran

Tanzania president claims 98% of vote in election tarnished by deadly crackdown

Samia Suluhu Hassan has been declared the winner of Tanzania’s presidential election, becoming the African nation’s first elected female leader with 98 per cent of the vote in polls marred by deadly protests.

With her win, Hassan, who took power in 2021 after the death in office of her predecessor, gets another five-year term to govern the east African country.

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