# The African Union’s observer mission says Tanzania’s general elections did not comply with democratic standards. The disputed vote triggered deadly protests after president Samia Suluhu Hassan was declared the landslide winner of the October 29 vote. Opponents accused the government of fraud and there were protests over the exclusion of her main challengers. The AU mission says at this preliminary stage, it concluded the elections did not comply with AU principles, normative frameworks, and other international obligations and standards for democratic elections.
AU observers say Tanzania’s elections violated democratic values