Tanzania Vows To Arrest US-Based Activist Over Posts Of Protests Killings
A renowned Tanzanian activist living in the United States has been posting photographs and videos purportedly showing anti-government demonstrators slain in last week’s elections, which officials are now attempting to remove.
The electoral commission said that President Samia Suluhu received 98% of the vote on October 29.
However, the opposition called the polls a “sham,” and continental observers argued they violated democratic ideals.
On election day, violent protests erupted across the East African country, prompting the authorities to impose a total internet blackout, making access to verified information difficult.
Activist Mange Kimambi has been sharing terrible photographs and videos practically hourly, depicting corpses with exposed tissue, hospitals with blood-soaked floors, and wounded bodies ripped apart by gunshots.
Some purport to depict police officers or guys in civilian dress carrying firearms or firing in deserted towns.
While the information is impossible to verify, certain graphics evaluated by AFP’s fact-checking team have no previous online presence.
Certain elements, such as road signs, police uniforms, and the use of Tanzanian Swahili, suggest that the footage was shot in the East African nation.
“The violence Samia Suluhu unleashed against Tanzanians for protesting and demanding free and fair elections,” reads a common caption in Kimambi’s posts.
The opposition party Chadema claims that at least 800 individuals were killed in electoral violence.
Diplomatic and security sources backed the estimate and suggested that there were credible reports that the numbers could reach thousands.
Tanzanian authorities have not given an official death toll, instead expressing condolences for the “lost lives”.
On Thursday, Tanzanian Attorney General Hamza Johari pledged to arrest Kimambi for continuing to share the horrifying images on Instagram, where she has 2.5 million followers, and X, where she has about 400,000.
The Tanzanian Chief Justice wants the Tanzanian Government to arrest Mange Kimambi for exposing what is going on in Tanzania! pic.twitter.com/t1pxA51eCx
— The Kenyan Vigilante (@KenyanSays) November 6, 2025
“We must arrest her… Let’s see if we have an extradition agreement with the United States to bring her here,” Johari said.
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Kimambi seems unconcerned by the allegations, calling the attorney general an “idiot” and wondering whether such an extradition arrangement exists.
Sikilizeni hii acccount. Watu wengi walioketa ripoti za watu kuuliwa wakiwa majumbani au bila kuhusika wameripoti kuwa askari waliofanya hayo matendo walikuwa na lafudhi ya kizanzibary. Hata upande wa jeshi wameripoti wanajeshi waliofanya ukatili walikuwa na lafudhi ya… pic.twitter.com/QChnZdUXuk
— Mange Kimambi (@mangekimambi) November 6, 2025
“You have killed thousands of young people in Tanzania, but you’re going after Mange instead of prosecuting the murderers and those who sent them to kill,” she said in a video.
Tanzanian authorities warned this week that anyone caught posting photographs “that may cause panic or humiliate people” will face punishment.
Tanzania Vows To Arrest US-Based Activist Over Posts Of Protests Killings
