Over seven hundred people are reported to have died in protests that erupted after this week’s disputed elections in Tanzania. The country’s main opposition party has alleged that hundreds of people were killed during protests. The United Nations confirmed that it has received “credible reports” confirming that at least 10 people have died in the unrest. The clashes reportedly broke out amid accusations of vote rigging and irregularities.

Al Jazeera quoted Chadema party spokesperson John Kitoka, who stated that around 350 people in Dar-es-Salaam and more than 200 in Mwanza are reported to be dead. “If we add the figures from other places in the country, we arrive at a total of around 700 deaths,” he added. The party said its members had toured hospitals across the country to reach the fig

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