Hundreds of demonstrators have faced off with police in Tanzania's commercial capital to demand the national electoral body stop announcing election results that have sparked protests, leading to the deployment of the military and an internet shutdown.

State television was broadcasting the mainland results of Wednesday's vote in which the Chama Cha Mapinduzi party that has governed Tanzania since independence in 1961 was seeking to extend its time in power.

Presidential candidates from the two main opposition parties were barred from running, and incumbent President Samia Suluhu Hassan faced 16 other candidates from smaller parties who hardly campaigned.

The CCM retained the presidential seat in the semi-autonomous archipelago of Zanzibar, which remained calm on Friday with a heavy mili

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