Tanzania

Country Overview

Al Jazeera

Targeted Groups	Perpetrators	Alert Status	Genocide Stage(s)
Maasai Barabaig pastoralists Other Indigenous Groups Women and Girls LGBTQIA+ People Government critics and opponents	The Government State Police and Security Forces	Warning	Stage 3: Discrimination, Stage 4: Dehumanization, State 5: Organization, Stage 6: Polarization, and Stage 8: Persecution

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In 2025, Tanzania’s reputation for stability was tarnished as the nation’s presidential elections devolved into a prolonged period of political violence. Rather than an isolated incident, the demonstrations and subsequent repression are indicative of Tanzania’s intensifying authoritarian slide. Since 2021, President Samia Suluhu Hassan has cracked down on political dissent, indigenous rights, and has failed to protect women, as well as LGBTQ+ individuals, from escalating gender-based violence.