Dar es Salaam. Journalists have been barred from accessing hearings of the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into events during and after the October 2025 General Election, as the body began receiving testimonies from victims in private sessions.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan appointed the commission following violent protests that erupted on polling day, October 29, 2025, with the aim of establishing the causes of the unrest and laying the groundwork for national reconciliation.