DAR-ESSALAM, 01 Nov. - (ANA) - Provisional results showed Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu taking an early lead in Oct. 29 polls, even as protests escalated over the blocking of opposition leaders from the ballot.

 

Suluhu is expected to secure a five-year term but international rights groups have criticized the electoral process, which has been marred by low voter turnout, a night curfew, and an internet shutdown as protesters have taken to the streets of major cities for the third day since the election.

 

At least four people have been killed since protests broke out in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam and later at the border town of Namanga. Demonstrators have demanded the elections be annulled over the months-long detention of opposition leader Tundu Lissu, which kept him off the ballot, while another candidate, Luhaga Mpina, was also barred from standing.   - (ANA) -

 

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