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Tanzania cancels independence day over protests

Tanzania's President Samia Suluhu Hassan inspects a guard of honour during her arrival at the Tanzanian Parliament for the official inauguration of the 13th Parliament in Dodoma on November 14. [AFP]

Tanzania will not hold independence day celebrations on December 9 after calls for protests over the mass killings during recent contested elections, the prime minister said Monday.

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