More than 500 people killed in Tanzania election violence, inquiry finds

A total of 518 people died in Tanzania from "unnatural causes" in the wake of widespread protests that followed last year's general elections, the commission of inquiry set up to investigate the violence has announced. However, commission chairman Mohamed Chande Othman did not say who was responsible for the deaths and recommended further investigations. Opposition parties and human rights groups have accused the security forces of unleashing a brutal crackdown on anti-government protesters. Pr…