Tanzania’s President Samia Suluhu Hassan was sworn into office on Monday for her first elected term, promising to move on from the deadly protests set off by last week’s disputed election.

Opponents say the vote was rigged and that hundreds died, but the government has dismissed that toll as exaggerated.

Hassan, who came to power in 2021 following the death of her predecessor, was declared the winner of last Wednesday’s election with nearly 98% of the vote. Her two leading challengers had been disqualified from the race.

The 65-year-old, one of only two female heads of state in Africa, took the oath of office at a ceremony at a military parade ground within the State House in the capital, Dodoma.

Hassan condemned the protests as violent and destructive.