Tanzania: Hundreds feared dead in post-election violence

坦桑尼亚:数百人在选举后暴力事件中恐已遇难

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2025-11-01

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Diplomats in Tanzania say there's credible evidence at least five-hundred people have been killed in days of clashes between protesters and security forces over disputed election results. The protests broke out after the President's main challengers were excluded from the ballot. A senior opposition politician told the BBC that police and foreign mercenaries were killing "with impunity". Tanzania's foreign minister has denied reports of widespread killings. Also: US judges rule the Trump administration must maintain food aid for millions of Americans, despite the government shutdown. The Israeli judge who has resigned after revealing evidence that a Palestinian prisoner was sexually abused. Scientists create a single anti-venom that protects against 17 different poisonous snakebites. And Egypt's long awaited billion dollar Grand Museum finally opens its doors. The Global News Podcast brings you the breaking news you need to hear, as it happens. Listen for the latest headlines and current affairs from around the world. Politics, economics, climate, business, technology, health – we cover it all with expert analysis and insight. Get the news that matters, delivered twice a day on weekdays and daily at weekends, plus special bonus episodes reacting to urgent breaking stories. Follow or subscribe now and never miss a moment. Get in touch: globalpodcast@bbc.co.uk
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  • This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

  • Hello, I'm Paul Moss and we're recording this edition in the early hours of Saturday,

  • 1st of November.

  • Diplomats say there's credible evidence that hundreds of people have been killed during post-election violence in Tanzania,

  • an allegation the government denies.

  • U.S.

  • judges have ordered the Trump administration to continue funding a program which feeds millions of poor Americans,

  • despite the government shutdown.

  • When the Tutankhamun collection opens,

  • the whole world will come back

  • because this is the most famous king of all antiquity and the most intact tomb.

  • Egypt's long-awaited billion-dollar museum finally opens its doors.

  • There was a time when Tanzania was seen as a beacon of relative stability in East Africa,

  • indeed on the continent as a whole.

  • While other countries succumbed to bitter ethnic conflict, Tanzania was largely spared.

  • And while it may not have been a perfect democracy, there were elections results were respected.

  • But when Tanzanians went to the polls this week, several opposition parties had been banned,

  • and the announcement that President Samir Hassan was in the lead and likely to be re-elected was greeted by widespread protests,

  • protests which the opposition say were viciously put down.