The Tanzanian government has cancelled Tuesday’s Independence Day events as protesters called for a day of action.
It is Independence Day in Tanzania.
But instead of celebrations, the streets are largely silent. All official events were cancelled after opposition groups called for peaceful protests.
The government says any demonstration will be considered an attempted coup.
But many are still angry about October’s disputed election, which saw incumbent President Samia Suluhu Hassan re-elected with 98 percent of the vote,
They are also upset about the police crackdown that followed, in which hundreds were killed, according to the opposition.
The United States announced las