Parliamentary elections were held in Tanzania this week, but with the leaders of the two major opposition parties in jail or disqualified from running, the re-election of current President Samia Suluhu Hassan was inevitable. The Electoral Commission has announced the President won almost 98% of the vote. Protesters have taken to the streets demanding a new election. There are unconfirmed reports that hundreds of protesters have been killed in the violence.

Guest Nosmot Gbadamosi, Nosmot Gbadamosi is a multimedia journalist and writes the Africa Brief for the journal Foreign Policy.