Tanzanian police officers detain a man (C) accused by electoral officials of attempting to taint the voting process at a polling station in Stone Town on October 29, 2025, during Tanzania’s presidential elections. Polls opened on October 29, 2025 in Tanzania elections in which the main challengers were either jailed or barred from running, with rights groups decrying a "wave of terror". President Samia Suluhu Hassan, 65, is determined to cement her position with an emphatic victory that will silence critics within her own party, analysts say.