Tanzania is experiencing partial internet restrictions following a five-day shutdown initiated on October 29 due to a tense election period marked by demonstrations. Despite services being partially restored, social media and messaging platforms remain widely restricted, drawing condemnation from human rights organizations.

• NetBlocks reported widespread restrictions on multiple social media and messaging platforms after the partial restoration of internet services.
• Amnesty International criticized the internet restrictions, calling it a violation of human rights and noting it hinders documentation of human rights violations.
• Newly re-elected President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who won with 98 per cent of the vote, was sworn in for a second term with a limited public presence.
• The Dar es Salaam Regional Commissioner Alfred Chalamila warned against sharing panic-inducing content online and threatened severe action against those disrupting peace.
• The internet shutdown has also complicated the verification of claims regarding assaults and murders, as alleged by the main opposition party, Chadema.