# A total of 518 people died in Tanzania from “unnatural causes” after widespread protests that followed last year’s general elections. However, commission of inquiry chairman Mohamed Chande Othman did not say who was responsible for the deaths and recommended further investigations. Opposition parties and human rights groups have accused the security forces of unleashing a brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters. President Samia Suluhu Hassan was declared the winner of the 29 October election with 98-percent of the vote, which the opposition described as a “mockery” of democracy.
Inquiry finds more than 500 people killed in Tanzania election violence