Tanzania, April 23 -- Dar es Salaam. Tanzania's Commission of Inquiry into the October 29, 2025 post-election violence has concluded that the incidents were not peaceful demonstrations but a chaotic, premeditated operation involving coordinated planning, financing and the deployment of trained individuals, alongside the mobilisation of vulnerable groups.

Presenting the final report at State House on Thursday, Commission Chairperson, retired Chief Justice Mohamed Chande Othman, said the evidence pointed to deliberate organisation and the simultaneous execution of violence across multiple locations.

"The Commission has obtained clear and convincing evidence that the events of October 29 were planned, coordinated, financed and executed by ...