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Tanzanian police crack down on planned opposition rally

Tanzania's main opposition party Chadema says its deputy chairman Tundu Lissu was taken by police from his home in the commercial capital of Dar-es-Salaam on Monday [Chadema Party via X]

Police have cracked down on a planned protest against the government organised by Tanzania’s main opposition party.

The leaders of Chadema were arrested on Monday, the party said. Further arrests were made on the streets of the Magomeni area of the capital Dar-es-Salaam where protesters were gathering for a rally against alleged killings and abductions of government critics.

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