Violence during Tanzania’s election prompted police to announce a night curfew in Dar es Salaam on Wednesday, as President Samia Suluhu Hassan looked set for victory after the two main opposition candidates were barred from contesting .

Internet service was disrupted across the country, monitor group NetBlocks said, as videos of young protesters throwing rocks at security forces and a petrol station in flames circulated on social media.

Witnesses reported aggressive demonstrations in several neighbourhoods of Dar es Salaam, the country’s main city, including the burning of a local government office.

Video posted on X by the leading opposition party showed dozens of young men running through the streets of the northern city of Arusha, columns of dark smoke rising behind them, chanting:

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