53 Views
By Editorial,
Security has been tightened across Tanzania with police and military seen patrolling major cities ahead of anticipated anti-government protests called to coincide with Independence Day today.
By midday local time, however, no demonstrations had begun.
Residents in Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Mbeya, Mwanza and several other urban centres reported an unusually slow start to the day, with many people choosing to remain indoors amid uncertainty over whether protests would happen. The demonstrations were called to demand political reforms in the wake of October’s post-election unrest which left an unknown number of people dead. END