United Nations rights office alarmed by killings in Tanzania protests

The United Nations rights office said on Friday it was alarmed by the deaths and injuries that have occurred in the ongoing election-related protests in Tanzania.

They began on Wednesday as voting took place, with demonstrators angry at the exclusion of the two main challengers to President Samia Suluhu Hassan.

The main opposition party claims that about 700 people were killed in protests across the country, which the government has…