The EU just put the brakes on 156 million euros headed to Tanzania for 2026, and they're not playing around after what went down during the latest election cycle. President Samia Suluhu Hassan supposedly grabbed 98% of the votes while her party swept everything, but the opposition called it garbage and sat out after their leader got locked up on sketchy charges. Security forces went hard on protesters who hit the streets, with reports saying over 200 people got killed and thousands more thrown in jail, while the internet got shut down.
European lawmakers dropped a resolution demanding investigations into the deaths, prisoners getting released, and a whole new election with international babysitters watching. The UN and human rights groups have been sounding alarms about disappearances and crackdowns on media and activists, while the African Union and regional observers basically said the vote was cooked from the start, with ballot stuffing and kidnappings making the whole thing illegitimate.
European lawmakers dropped a resolution demanding investigations into the deaths, prisoners getting released, and a whole new election with international babysitters watching. The UN and human rights groups have been sounding alarms about disappearances and crackdowns on media and activists, while the African Union and regional observers basically said the vote was cooked from the start, with ballot stuffing and kidnappings making the whole thing illegitimate.
