Tanzania’s Samia Suluhu Hassan was inaugurated as president on Monday, with an internet blackout still in place after election protests in which the opposition says hundreds were killed by security forces.

The electoral commission said Hassan won 98 percent of the vote.

She was sworn into office despite the main opposition party, Chadema, which was barred from running, rejecting the results. It has called for fresh elections, saying last Wednesday’s vote was a “sham”.

Ahead of her arrival, state television showed officials and foreign dignitaries in stands overlooking parade grounds in State House in the capital Dodoma, rather than at a stadium as usual. Earlier, the broadcaster said the public would not attend.

A total internet blackout has been in place since protests broke out on el

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