At least 21 children, aged between five and 17, are among the victims, a new government inquiry has confirmed More than 500 people, including children, were killed in mass disorder after Tanzania’s disputed election last year, according to an official report published on Thursday. Violent protests erupted across the East African country after the October 29 vote. President Samia Suluhu Hassan, one of only two female heads of state in Africa, won 97% of the votes, granting her a first full five-year term as an elected head of state. She initially assumed the presidency in March 2021 following the death of former President John Magufuli. A commission set up to investigate the unrest announced that at least 518 people died from “unnatural causes,” including 197 who were shot dead. More than 2,000 people were injured, with 833 suffering gunshot wounds, the report said, adding that the toll could rise due to undocumented burials and missing records. “Of the 518 deaths, 21 were children.…