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A street in Stone Town, Zanzibar on Tuesday. The mood in Zanzibar remained tense, eyewitnesses said, with shops closed and the police engaging protesters in some neighborhoods.


Supporters of the Tanzanian ruling party rally in the outskirts of Stone Town on Oct. 25, 2020. (Marco Longari/AFP

Tanzania's incumbent President and presidential candidate of ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) John Magufuli (C) speaks during the official launch of the party's campaign for the October general election at the Jamhuri stadium in Dodoma, Tanzania, on August 29, 2020. - Voters will also select new MPs and ward councillors when they go to the polls on October 28. (Photo by ERICKY BONIPHACE / AFP) (Photo by ERICKY BONIPHACE/AFP via Getty Images)

Supporters of Chadema celebrate outside a polling station in Dar es Salaam after the National Electoral Commission declared Halima Mdee winner of the Kawe parliamentary seat on October 27, 2015. Ms Mdee was arrested on October 28, 2020 just before voting began in Tanzania.

Ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi party supporters celebrate Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020, in Dodoma, Tanzania, after the party emerged victoriously in the Wednesday presidential vote. The main opposition leader Tundu Lissu has rejected the result, and cited alleged widespread irregularities in the election, saying that whatever happened wasn't an election and was like "spitting in the face of democracy." (AP Photo)

Supporters of the ruling party CCM Presidential candidate Hussein Ali Mwinyi listen to his address as he claims election victory in the semi-autonomous region of Zanzibar. Tanzania. There have been allegations alleging serious doubts about the credibility of Tanzania's election results, which are due to be officially declared Friday. (AP Photo)