Salaam, following contentious elections in which the two primary opposition parties were excluded from participation.

No fewer than 700 demonstrators have reportedly lost their lives in three days of election-related protests in Tanzania. Naija News reports that the protest erupted on Wednesday, following the country’s presidential election results,

The political unrest in Tanzania could potentially disrupt key trade routes and the landlocked economies in southern Africa that rely heavily on the East African country's ports for essential imports.

Internet connectivity has been disrupted across Tanzania during an election marked by human rights concerns and opposition detentions

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Protesters have taken to the streets in Tanzania for a third day, defying warnings from the country's army chief to end the unrest. Demonstrations have been taking place in major cities with young protesters denouncing Wednesday's election as unfair as key opposition figures were excluded from contesting against President Samia Suluhu Hassan.

Tanzania's police declared an evening curfew in commercial capital Dar es Salaam on Wednesday, after protests broke out in the city as the country held elections criticised for repressing the opposition.