{"id":32921,"date":"2026-04-24T14:50:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=32921"},"modified":"2026-04-24T14:50:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:50:23","slug":"tanzanias-election-probe-pins-unrest-on-agitators","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/tanzanias-election-probe-pins-unrest-on-agitators\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania\u2019s election probe pins unrest on agitators"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>A commission appointed by the Tanzanian government and chaired by Mohamed Chande Othman has concluded that the deadly violence following last 2025 Presidential election was driven by well-trained agitators.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The commission says unrest happened with the help of external support, and that state authorities were not responsible.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The commission reported that 518 people died from &#8220;unnatural causes&#8221; during the unrest, including 197 who were shot dead, amid widespread protests after the general election.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>However, opposition parties and human rights organisations have disputed the findings.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Channel Africa&#8211;<\/div>\n<div><a id=\"OWA65da2bfc-7127-62ad-8fef-db389b6df390\" class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\" title=\"Original URL: https:\/\/sabc-plus.com\/. Click or tap if you trust this link.\" href=\"https:\/\/zaf01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsabc-plus.com%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7CMalobolaBM%40sabc.co.za%7C4a3a28d8105e4b9eb17008dea1f31e11%7C17694f0c19394195913e8542ec6bea22%7C0%7C0%7C639126262712523025%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=B4w%2FzlqYSrfbLhrJZLHKahbWMxQLV5WNecPIFywiBSE%3D&amp;reserved=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBTAA7\" data-imagetype=\"External\" data-imageproxyendpoint=\"\/actions\/ei\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13508,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-32921","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Tanzania\u2019s election probe ","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32921","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\/32921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32925,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/32921\/revisions\/32925"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=32921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}