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Tanzanian Opposition Leaders Freed After Mass Arrests

Freeman Mbowe was among some 520 people detained by police in Tanzania (Credit: AFP)

The leaders of Tanzania's main opposition party Chadema have been released on bail, a party spokesman said on Tuesday, after they were detained in a mass roundup ahead of a youth day rally.

As many as 520 people were arrested across the country, according to a police statement, before a banned Chadema rally on Monday that had been expected to draw thousands of young people in the southwestern city of Mbeya.

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