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The UN called on the security forces to refrain from using unnecessary or disproportionate force, including lethal weapons, against protesters, and to make every effort to de-escalate tensions.
Tanzania is in the grip of post-election blues, which are threatening to spread. The United Nations rights office said it was alarmed by the deaths and injuries that have occurred in the aftermath of elections, particularly in Zanzibar.
Demonstrators were angry at the exclusion of the two main challengers to President Samia Suluhu Hassan. The main opposition party claims that about 700 people were killed in protests across the country, which the government has referred to as “isolated incidents”.
Spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Seif Magango, said it has received reports from “credible sources” that at least 10 people died. The UN called on the security forces to refrain from using unnecessary or disproportionate force, including lethal weapons, against protesters, and to make every effort to de-escalate tensions.
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Amnesty International, meanwhile, said it had received information that at least 100 people had been killed. An overnight curfew imposed on Wednesday remains in place in the commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, and internet access has been disrupted. The UN also said that people who have been “arbitrarily detained, must be released immediately and unconditionally”.