Yaoundé, Nov.19.– The leadership of the Catholic Church in Tanzania is in mourning following the killing of hundreds of people after thousands took to the streets to protest the re-election of President Samia Suluhu Hassan.
Protestors were expressing anger at a political system dominated by one party since the country attained independence in the 1960s.
The protests started in the city of Dar es Salaam on 29 October 29 and spread across the country over the following days.
Suluhu was declared winner of last month’s election with 98 percent of the vote – a result the opposition has denounced as a “mockery of democracy.”
In a November 12 statement, Catholic Bishops in East Africa, under the umbrella name AMECEA, lamented that “precious lives” had been lost, and said ...
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