While a spokesperson from the opposition Chadema party told news agency AFP that "around 700" people had been killed in clashes with security forces, a diplomatic source in Tanzania told the BBC there was credible evidence that at least 500 people had died.

Tanzania's political opposition, which was largely barred from national elections this wee, says hundreds of people have been killed in 3 days of protests.

Tanzania’s FM says ‘no excessive force’ has been used and government has ‘no figures’ on any protesters killed.

Tanzania's main opposition party said on Friday hundreds of people had been killed in protests over elections this week, as the U.N. secretary-general called for an investigation into allegations of excessive use of force.

Tanzania’s presidential election is teetering toward chaos after protests erupted and the military has been deployed.

Tanzania’s military said it’s been working with other security forces to quell unrest after protesters took to the streets over this week’s election that barred key opposition figures.

Tanzania's government on Friday downplayed protests that have rocked several cities since a general election earlier this week as "isolated incidents" and said it was working to swiftly restore normalcy.