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Africa-Press – Tanzania. <\/strong><\/span>Hundreds of passengers were stranded at Tanzanian airports this weekend after President Samia Suluhu Hassan<\/b> won the country\u2019s disputed election with more than 97% of the vote,<\/b> according to official results.<\/b><\/p>\n

Domestic flights were all cancelled and some international travellers were unable to retrieve flight details due to unavailability of internet.<\/p>\n

“We are traveling from Zanzibar to Paris, but we cannot because the flight from Zanzibar to Nairobi is cancelled so, we are stuck here,”<\/b> said French tourists Irvine Rene\u0301 at Zanzibar Airport. “We do not know where to stay, where to sleep tonight. We do not know. We will see.”<\/b><\/p>\n

Several countries, including the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada, have advised their citizens against travelling to Tanzania after the country’s general election last week was marred by violence.<\/p>\n

Demonstrators took to the streets of major cities to protest the poll and stop the counting of votes.<\/p>\n

The military was deployed to help police quell riots. Internet connectivity has been on and off in the, disrupting travel and other activities.<\/p>\n

The result is likely to amplify the concerns of critics, opposition groups and others<\/b> who said the election in Tanzania was not a contest but a coronation.<\/p>\n

Samia Suluhu Hassan’s two main opponents \u2014 Chadema’s Tundu Lissu and ACT-Wazalendo leader Luhaga Mpina \u2014 had both been prevented from running, leaving her virtually unopposed.<\/b><\/p>\n

Tanzanian authorities have not said how many people were killed or injured in the violence.<\/b><\/p>\n

A spokesman for the United Nations human rights office, Seif Magango, on Friday said credible reports of 10 deaths were reported in Dar es Salaam, alongside Shinyanga and Morogoro towns.<\/p>\n

UN Secretary-General Anto\u0301nio Guterres said on Friday he was concerned by the situation in Tanzania and urged all parties to \u201cprevent further escalation.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

The foreign ministers of the UK, Canada and Norway in a joint statement cited \u201ccredible reports of a large number of fatalities and significant injuries, as a result of the security response to protests.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n

The European Union in a statement urged “authorities to exercise maximum restraint to preserve human lives.”<\/b><\/p>\n

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