Tanzania's main opposition rejects Hassan's election win after deadly protests

People sit under a foot bridge with an electoral campaign poster of Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi Party (CCM), ahead of the general elections in Ilala district of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania October 28, 2025. REUTERS/Emmanuel Herman

-Tanzania's main opposition party rejected President Samia Suluhu Hassan's landslide victory in elections that triggered deadly protests across the East African nation over the exclusion of her key challengers from the fray.

The main opposition party CHADEMA, which was barred from the election for refusing to sign a code of conduct and whose leader Tundu Lissu was arrested for treason in April, said late on Saturday that the results were "completely fabricated".