{"id":14234,"date":"2025-10-31T07:30:31","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T05:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jhb-webdevelopers\/channelafrica\/news\/tanzanias-military-chief-calls-on-protesters-to-stop\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T16:26:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T14:26:52","slug":"tanzanias-military-chief-calls-on-protesters-to-stop","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/tanzanias-military-chief-calls-on-protesters-to-stop\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania\u2019s Military Chief calls on protesters to stop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tanzania\u2019s top Military Commander, General Jacob Mkunda, has described those protesting the disputed presidential elections as criminals and called for the demonstrations to end immediately.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on national television, General Mkunda said the army has the situation under control and stressed that the rule of law must be respected.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The protests follow the barring of two opposition leaders from the election, prompting accusations that the government is undermining democratic processes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Political tensions remain high, particularly in urban areas where demonstrators have been most active, as authorities continue to monitor the situation closely.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;ChannelAfrica&#8211;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14235,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-14234","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Tanzania\u2019s top Military Commander, General Jacob Mkunda, has described those protesting the disputed presidential elections as criminals","published_date":"2025-10-31 09:29:04","news_description":"Tanzania\u2019s top Military Commander, General Jacob Mkunda, has described those protesting the disputed presidential elections as criminals","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14234","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14234\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18987,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/14234\/revisions\/18987"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14234"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=14234"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}