Tanzania police arrest senior opposition party official after deadly protests, target others

Wrecked buses that were burnt during protests, following a general election marred by violent demonstrations over the exclusion of two leading opposition candidates, stand at the Mwembechai area in Kinondoni district in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania November 4, 2025. REUTERS/Emmanuel Herman

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Police in Tanzania arrested a senior official from opposition party CHADEMA on Saturday and authorities named nine others being sought in relation to violent protests that followed last week's elections.

CHADEMA and some human rights activists say that security forces killed more than 1,000 people. The government has called those numbers exaggerated without offering its own death toll.