Senior Chadema party figures including vice-chair detained as well as about 400 people heading to youth gatheringPolice in Tanzania have arrested leaders of the country’s main opposition party and hundreds of its supporters in a crackdown that started at the weekend.Police detained Tundu Lissu, the vice-chair of the Chadema party and a former presidential candidate, as well as the party’s secretary general, John Mnyika, before a gathering in the country’s south-west. Continue reading…
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Author : Carlos Mureithi and agencies in Dar es Salaam
Publish date : 2024-08-12 16:18:37
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Tanzania opposition leaders and supporters arrested in crackdown
