People protest in the streets of Arusha, Tanzania during the election day on October 29, 2025. Stringer/AP

Tanzania’s main opposition party on Wednesday accused police of disposing of the bodies of hundreds of demonstrators killed in a crackdown following a disputed election that incumbent President Samia Suluhu Hassan won by a landslide.

Protests broke out in the East African nation during and after the vote last Wednesday as demonstrators voiced outrage over the exclusion of Hassan’s main rivals.

Authorities imposed a curfew and an internet blackout while security forces clashed with protesters.

The opposition Chadema party was barred from running in last week’s parliamentary and presidential elections. Its leader Tundu Lissu has been detained on charges of treason after Hassan’s

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