Tanzanian president sworn in after election unrest

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  This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

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  Also in this podcast, fears grow for tens of thousands of people trapped in Sudan's Elfasha.

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  The testimony from these people and from local responders that we've worked with in Elfasha is incredibly grim.

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  It's a violent, they describe summary executions.

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  We begin though in Tanzania.

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  After days of violent unrest, President Samir Saluhu Hassan has been sworn in for a second term.

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  She's wore to perform her duties with diligence and sincerity and vowed to treat everyone fairly in line with the country's laws.

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  But hundreds of people died in clashes after the presidential election,

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  which she won with nearly 98 percent of the vote.

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  With many opposition challenges, either imprisoned or barred from running,

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  international observers have strongly criticised how the election was conducted.

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  Akita Wanderer is in Nairobi and told me more about the ceremony and the extraordinary security surrounding it.

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  An unusual ceremony that broke from tradition where the public often attends the swearing-in of an elected president.

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  This time round there was heavy security and only a select few government officials,

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  foreign dignitaries, and members of the ruling party were present in this particular ceremony.

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  President Samia Saloh Hassel speaking,

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  saying that the time for elections is over and it's time to rebuild,

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  saying that she's ready to serve the country but also said that she's saddened by the loss of life and destruction of property that has been witnessed

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  since last week on Wednesday when Tanzanians went to the polls and also said that among those who've been arrested

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  for disrupting security and the unrest were people from neighboring countries.

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