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Tanzania frees detained opposition leader Mbowe, drops charges -Citizen newspaper

FILE PHOTO: The leader of Tanzania's main opposition party, Freeman Mbowe, is escorted as he arrives at a court, where he is facing terrorism-related charges, in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania February 18, 2022. REUTERS/Emmanuel Herman NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Tanzania has freed detained opposition leader Freeman Mbowe after prosecutors dropped terrorism charges that he had faced since last year, the Citizen newspaper reported on Friday.

(Writing by Duncan Miriri; Editing by Mark Heinrich)

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