NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Tanzanians will vote Wednesday in an election that pits incumbent President Samia Suluhu Hassan against opposition candidates from smaller parties after her main rivals were barred from running.

A win for Hassan would extend the lengthy rule of her party, known as Chama cha Mapinduzi, or CCM, a version of which has held power in the East African country since 1961.

Amnesty International criticized the atmosphere around the polls as characterized by fear, citing cases of enforced disappearances, arbitrary arrests and extrajudicial killings ahead of the polls. The rights group and others say alleged abuses by the security forces undermine the legitimacy of the election.

Hassan’s main rival, Tundu Lissu of the opposition Chadema party, faces treason charges after he c

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