SADC Slams Tanzania Election as Intimidation, Arrests and Blackout Mar Vote

A Southern African Development Community (SADC) observer mission has delivered a damning assessment of Tanzania’s 2025 general election, warning that intimidation, arrests and an internet shutdown prevented citizens from freely exercising their democratic rights.

In a rare and unusually forthright preliminary report released on 3 November, the SADC Electoral Observation Mission (SEOM) said the poll fell short of the requirements set by the bloc’s own principles for democratic elections.

The verdict contrasts sharply with congratulatory messages from some African leaders including President Emmerson Mnangagwa who praised President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s re-election despite widespread reports of violence and repression.

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