Published On 4/11/2025
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Last update: 04:39 (Mecca time)
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu pledged during her inauguration ceremony following her landslide victory in the presidential elections, which took place last week and witnessed bloody protests, to restore normalcy in the country.
Suluhu’s inauguration ceremony took place yesterday, Monday, at the Presidential Palace in the capital, Dodoma, without any public presence, instead of being held in a sports stadium as usual.
In her speech, the president-elect called for unity and solidarity, and spoke about the participation of young demonstrators who came from outside Tanzania in the protests.
She said that Tanzanian defense and security agencies continue to investigate the events that occurred during the elections that took place last Wednesday.
Samia Suluhu won 98% of the votes in the ballot from which opposition candidates were excluded.
The main opposition party, Chadema, rejected the results and called for new elections, describing the vote as sham.
The Chadmiya Party confirmed that at least 8,000 people were killed in the protests that began on Wednesday and continued for several days, but the authorities only acknowledged the killing of 10 people and rejected the accusations against them of using excessive force, and described the numbers announced by the opposition as exaggerated.
For his part, a diplomatic source reported that there were “credible reports” indicating that hundreds and even thousands of deaths had been recorded in hospitals and clinics across Tanzania.
The authorities completely cut off the Internet following the outbreak of protests, while the NetBlocks organization reported that the network had partially returned to work in the country yesterday, Monday.