About 700 killed in Tanzania election protests, opposition says
by Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi from World news | The Guardian on (#71541)
Demonstrators took to streets after president's main challengers were excluded from ballot
About 700 people have been killed during three days of election protests in Tanzania, the main opposition party has said.
Protests erupted on election day on Wednesday over what demonstrators said was the stifling of the opposition after the exclusion of key candidates from the presidential ballot.
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