TANZANIA TELLS ITS CITIZENS TO STAY HOME TODAY INDEPENDENCE DAY BECAUSE OF PROTESTS. (PHOTO).
Tanzania tells its citizens to stay home today independence day because of protests Tanzania’s prime minister urged people to stay at home on Tuesday, when activists have called for protests against the government's response to the demonstrations around October elections. Though the United Nations and the opposition says hundreds of people died during the recent protests, the Tanzanian government states that the said-death toll is exaggerated. The protests were fuelled by the exclusion of leading opposition candidates. President Samia Suluhu Hassan was declared the winner of the presidential poll with nearly 98% of votes. 'Rest and celebrate' The government has acknowledged people were killed, without providing its own death toll, but it has rejected allegations that police used excessive force. After calls circulated last month on social media for protests on December 9, the day mainland Tanzania won its independence from Britain, Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba announced ...
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