Security forces guard in the streets of Arusha, Tanzania, on election day last month. Photograph: AP
The United Nations Human Rights Office said it believes hundreds of people were killed in Tanzania in protests that erupted during last month’s elections, adding it has received reports that security forces are hiding bodies.
Tanzania government spokesperson Gerson Msigwa did not immediately respond to Reuters’ request for comment.
The main opposition party, Chadema, and some human rights activists have said security forces killed more than 1,000 people in the unrest surrounding the October 29th vote, which plunged the East African country into its biggest political c
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