The imams also called for dialogue, a new constitution and the restoration of “justice, peace and human dignity” in the east African country.
DAR ES SALAAM: Muslim leaders in Tanzania on Saturday condemned killings by security forces on the sidelines of a disputed general election last month.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan was declared the winner of the October 29 poll with 98 percent of the vote after her main opponents were jailed or disqualified.
The opposition have said more than 1,000 people were killed during several days of unrest, and Samia promised on Friday to set up a commission of inquiry into the deaths.
Since its outbreak in April 2023, the war between Sudan’s army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced nearly 12 million.
The Ukrainian army said it had hit a refinery in the Ryazan region near Moscow as “part of efforts to reduce the enemy’s ability to launch missile and bomb strikes”.