DAR ES SALAAM, April 24 -- THE Independent Commission of Inquiry into the 2025 General Election unrest has concluded that the October violence was not a series of spontaneous demonstrations, but premeditated acts of violence to paralyse the government and disrupt the democratic process.

Presenting the findings to President Samia Suluhu Hassan at State House in Dar es Salaam yesterday, Commission Chairperson and retired Chief Justice, Mohamed Chande Othman revealed that the unrest followed months of clandestine preparation which included the recruitment of individuals to incite chaos and the tactical coordination of simultaneous incidents to overstretch security forces.

“The Commission has got reasonable evidence suggesting the Oct...