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Tanzania tourism suffers after election killings

Protesters rush to help an injured demonstrator near burning barricades amid clashes in Dar es Salaam on October 29, 2025, during Tanzania’s presidential elections. [AFP]

Tanzania's white beaches and safari lodges are emptier than usual as the country counts the cost to its crucial tourism sector from the mass killing of protesters during recent election unrest.

The election on October 29 erupted into days of violent protests over allegations that President Samia Suluhu Hassan had rigged the vote.

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